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Examples
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The mains'l was h'isted, but there wasn't no heads'l on her, and we lay theer riddy to get unner way.
Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" James Blyth
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Ha! ha! the fool that h'isted that notice didn't _know_ Deadwood Dick, or he would never have placed his life in jeopardy by performing an act so uninteresting to the party in question.
Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Edward L. Wheeler
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Jerusalem, mister, you wouldn't know him ag'in for the skillagalee young shaver we h'isted aboard!
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I took both hands, put my foot 'ginst de roots of a great live oak and h'isted dat fish in de sky.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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I hed a dreem et war hayr in big quantities, so I h'isted my carcass this direction.
Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Edward L. Wheeler
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I bust out a laughin ', and soo did Jack an' all, and then we rayched down and copped hold on him and h'isted him aboord all right and tight, but as wet as a soused harrin '.
Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" James Blyth
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Then we h'isted the black flag and took our first prize -- an English barque goin 'down to Rio.
Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper
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"The way you h'isted 'em to fifty thousand was what got my eye," he said, proudly.
Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland 1922
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They began h'isting my salary the second year I went in there, and they've h'isted it a little every two years all the time I've worked for 'em.
Alice Adams 1921
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I caught a glimpse of the old man leanin 'out of the pilot house, where a window had been, his white hair bristly, and his nostrils h'isted, embellishin' the air with surprisin 'flights of gleeful profanity.
Pardners Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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