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  • And they addled, (or ere the cry of their tongues would be uptied dead) Shufflebotham asidled, plus his ducks fore his drills, an inlay of a liddle more lining maught be licensed all at ones, be these same tokens, for-giving a brass rap, sneither a whole length nor a short shift so full as all were concerned.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • And we'd make the most elegant match as ever was maught.

    The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902

  • I know nout o 'sich a place, though' appen I maught a 'bin there; Knowl, ye ca't.

    Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • LARAMIE - Wyoming men's basketball coach Heath Schroyer says Amath M'Baye (A-maught, M-Bay) has been cleared to play by the NCAA.

    billingsgazette.com 2009

  • I know nout o’ sich a place, though ‘appen I maught a’ bin there; Knowl, ye ca’t.

    Uncle Silas 2003

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