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  • I says to pris'ner, "You bito [2] an 'give an account of yerself," says I.

    The Story of Sonny Sahib Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • If so happen they got outer bed the wrong foot furrard that mornin ', then it's good-by ter the pris'ner, and hell fer the lawyer that's defendin' him! '

    The Statesmen Snowbound Robert Fitzgerald

  • Peters sends 'im into the guard tent to me as' e passed on his beat, and pris'ner says "YOU ain't the burra sahib," says he.

    The Story of Sonny Sahib Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • "Thar, pardner, I reckon that beak won't git no furder with his pris'ner."

    Five Thousand Dollars Reward A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton

  • "Oh, sar!" he gasped, "Cap'n Barry an 'Misser Li'l, an' all mans dey pris'ner in de woods, an 'de gol' washers dey all kill, sar!"

    Gold Out of Celebes Aylward Edward Dingle

  • Peters seed pris'ner a-comin 'strite fer the camp across the sands from the river, sir.

    The Story of Sonny Sahib Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • For which I am a poor pris'ner now, In the Stillwater jail I lie.

    Cole Younger 1927

  • You see the pris'ner, sir, with that great mask on 'is face?

    The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century 1921

  • "But I regrets to 'ave to report very hobstinate be'aviour on part of pris'ner, sir," added the gaoler impressively.

    The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century 1921

  • "We 'ave refrained from' andcuffin 'pris'ner, sir, at your horders," he said, in a tone that warned O'Hara that should harm come of it, on his head be the blame.

    The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century 1921

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