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They being magic made did ward off not only from about the bed but from the room itself all the deamons of every sort and kind and did hold the een fast shutten so that neither witch or hellspell could get aback of their power and cungel them open again.
The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home 1923
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She shutten de do 'an' drop de bolt, -- yas, suh, dat's what she do.
Viola Gwyn George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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-- an 'han'let it neither rouchly, nor wi' ony show o 'mickle care, but intil the hat-box it gaed, willy, nilly, an' the lid shutten doon upo ''t, an' the key turnt
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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Clytie waited, but when her mother neither moved nor answered, she turned away, then stopped at once, eager, hopeful, when Gertie called, “Don’t let it out when you’re openen an shutten th icebox door.”
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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