summat

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"You could tell summat, an 'you would, ey, Tom?" said the blacksmith, showing his teeth.

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  • "It's a thousand pities you ain't got no female associates, that you might marry, and settle, and bring up respectable families Talking of women," cried the one who had first spoken, "I wonder what became of the one we left here so cleverly when we was wrecked at this here place six years ago John Gough looked uneasy at this inquiry, as if the recollection was not agreeable to him And the Little Savage," continued the fellow, "what was a-going to send his knife into my ribs for summat or other--I forget what. —  The Little Savage
  • Look ye here; I want to say summat, lad, and I can't--yes, I can Well, say it, then," I said, smiling at his eagerness Going to--look here, there was a rat once as got his leg caught in a trap Yes, I know there was," I replied with a laugh Nay, it's nowt to laugh at, lad. —  Patience Wins War in the Works
  • So I've come here overland with a party; and now I must try my hand at summat or starve, for I shall never see my money nor the villain as stole it no more Mr Oliphant was truly sorry for the unfortunate man, and bade him take heart, promising to find him employment if he was willing to stick to his work and be sober. —  Frank Oldfield Lost and Found
  • But now our Rachel began to suspect as summat was wrong. —  Frank Oldfield Lost and Found
  • Well, just befower we seed un we heerd th' rummiest kind of noise--summat atween a moan and a shriek, comin' from this 'ere pit. —  The Shrieking Pit
 

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