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  • He'd holler an 'holler, an' 'bout de time you think he bleeze ter be 'shame' er hollerin 'so much, he'd up an' holler 'gi'n.

    Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes

  • I don't 'xpect ye ter thank me fur w'at instruction I gi'n ye; -- there's some folks I niver du' xpect nothin 'from; you can't make a silk pus out uv a sow's ear.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various

  • "I told you 'bout 'Gene's sayin' he'd gi'n in to Nelly about the big pine."

    The Brimming Cup Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

  • My heart 'most gi'n out on me in the hottest of that.

    The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

  • You is a reel triul ter me, but, nevur min '; I ain't gi'n yer up yit, an' nevur will.

    John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908

  • Maxim's gittin '' lected, dey gi'n him bottle er whiskey an 'two dollahs.

    In the Arena Stories of Political Life Booth Tarkington 1907

  • An 'Mis' Squire Hill gi'n me a pail o 'lard; but she hid it underneath the fence, an' made me come for

    Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902

  • "There! he's gi'n it up!" cried Hattie, still watching the minister.

    Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902

  • He give one to Saltash; he's gi'n 'em all over the county.

    Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902

  • An 'down to Saltash they've gi'n up sayin' it's quarter arter twelve, or the like o 'that.

    Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902

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