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  • 'Tis whin th 'man on top has had his fill iv fightin' that th 'throuble's over, an' be the look iv things Cousin George has jus 'begun to take tay.

    Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • She had meant only to point the way, but, following a new impulse, she went on, listening to the poor soul's motherly prattle about "me baby" and the "throuble" it was to "find clothes for the growin 'childer when me man is out av work and the bit and sup inconvaynient these hard times" as they descended to that darksome lower world where necessities take refuge when luxuries crowd them out from the gayer place above.

    Rose in Bloom 1876

  • She had meant only to point the way, but, following a new impulse, she went on, listening to the poor soul's motherly prattle about "me baby" and the "throuble" it was to "find clothes for the growin 'childer when me man is out av work and the bit and sup inconvaynient these hard times" as they descended to that darksome lower world where necessities take refuge when luxuries crowd them out from the gayer place above.

    Rose In Bloom Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1876

  • She had meant only to point the way, but, following a new impulse, she went on, listening to the poor soul's motherly prattle about "me baby" and the "throuble" it was to "find clothes for the growin 'childer when me man is out av work and the bit and sup inconvaynient these hard times" as they descended to that darksome lower world where necessities take refuge when luxuries crowd them out from the gayer place above.

    Rose in Bloom Louisa May Alcott 1860

  • "Oi c'n lay down th 'logs all roight; th' throuble'll be wid th 'figgers.

    The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest 1921

  • Is there any way i can get support because i have throuble with my adsense account.

    You've got a Friend Connect gadget 2009

  • Oi'm an Oirish Highlander; I beg your pardon, sorr -- and in throuble again.

    From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War G. W. Steevens

  • "It will be no throuble in life to you; and I am only sorry that it isn't betther worth your while, for he isn't worth fearin 'at all; only I must tell you that he lives in the county Galway, in the middle of a bog, and he has an advantage in that."

    Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Various

  • "Phwat's the throuble!" he repeated, sarcastically.

    Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life Lemuel Ely Quigg

  • "Shure we won't throuble ayiher of ye," said O'Halloran.

    The Lady of the Ice A Novel James De Mille

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