foin

• The rumor came back to his own district that he was “talkin' foin,” and many of his friends there turned out to hear him. —  The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him
• The rumor came back to his own district that he was "talkin' foin," and many of his friends there turned out to hear him. —  The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him
• The Baron then turned up his wrists, and making a curious noise in his throat, proceeded to pass his hand down each leg, and along its back, after which he gave it a thump in the belly and squeezed its throat, when, being as wise as he was at starting, he stuck his thumb in his side, and took a mental survey of the whole.--"Ah," said he at length--"foin 'oss,--foin 'oss; vot ears he has?" —  Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities
• Le garçon, lui faisant observer qu'un cheval ne mange pas d'huîtres, et qu'il vaudrait mieux lui donner une botte de foin: "Faites ce que je vous dis, et vous verrez," dit le voyageur Les huîtres sont portées, et toute la compagnie de courir[2] dans l'écurie pour voir comment un cheval pouvait manger des huîtres. —  French Conversation and Composition
• Little Fanny drank this: what other sweet intoxication had she not drunk in the course of the night When the supper, which was very brisk and gay, was over, and Captain Costigan and Mrs. Bolton had partaken of some of the rack punch that is so fragrant at Vauxhall, the bill was called and discharged by Pen with great generosity, "like a foin young English gentleman of th' olden toime, be Jove," Costigan enthusiastically remarked. —  The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy

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