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  • But the Kuklos ought to train 'em better, you know; 'tain't natural not to stare when a lunatic cuts loose in public.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • Howsumever they cain't cum t 'Bent's no more, cuz tain't hyar.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • But, heckfire, tain't that what good writin' is all about?

    Once I was a happy Pinkerite 2009

  • Yet 'tain't being dead -- it's my awful dread of the icy grave that pains;

    literature 2007

  • Jail house ain't no plaything, b'lieve me, 'tain't no lie

    Blind Arthur Blake lyrics 2009

  • Philpot tain't but one day pull in the ol hay wagon ... mostly south an just tetch easterly of Owensboro.

    Open Ramblin' William "Papa" Meloney 2007

  • While comics tain't Shakespeare at least they are read ...

    Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

  • Bo weevil told the farmer that "I 'tain't got ticket fare",

    Charley Patton Lyrics 2009

  • What make him dream bout de goole so much, if tain't cause he bit by de goole-bug?

    The Gold-Bug 2006

  • Meanwhile, 'tain't fit night out for man nor beast.

    The time is out of joint... jhetley 2006

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