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  • We hod tull go out stern first, an 'somethun' went wrong wuth the reversun 'gear.

    The Sea Farmer 1914

  • "We hod tull go out stern first, an 'somethun' went wrong wuth the reversun 'gear.

    The Strength of the Strong Jack London 1896

  • "Ah, get up and say somethun, anyhow," persisted Marcus;

    McTeague 1920

  • 'Ee'll think 't was foolish, Sir, but it seemed as though they was somethun to me, an' I'd a-lost the last friendly thing there was.

    Stories of Mystery Various 1885

  • Then I felt somethun tryun to turn me round like, an 'it seemed as ef _she_ was doun it, somehow, an' she seemed to be very nigh, somehow, an 'I did n' look.

    Stories of Mystery Various 1885

  • First step, I stumbled upon somethun in the snow, seemed soft, like a body!

    Stories of Mystery Various 1885

  • An 'there was a cry goed up, -- like the cry of a babby, 't was, an' I thowt mubbe 't was a somethun had got upon one o 'they islands; but I said, agen,' How could it? 'an' one

    Stories of Mystery Various 1885

  • After all what do you expect for a Trillion $ of your money each year ..... success or somethun' ?

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2010

  • We hod tull go out stern first, an’ somethun’ went wrong wuth the reversun’ gear.

    THE SEA FARMER 2010

  • 'ee might ha' knowed somethun better, Sir; but I was n 'larned, an' I ran so fast as ever I could up the way I thowt home was, an 'I groaned, an' groaned, an 'shook my handès, an' then I thowt,

    Stories of Mystery Various 1885

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