wanst

• THE KILKENNY CATS There wanst was two cats of Kilkenny, Each thought there was one cat too many So they quarrell'd and fit They scratch'd and they bit Till, barrin' their nails And the tips of their tails, Instead of two cats, there warnt any Unknown. —  The Book of Humorous Verse
• 'Twas the misthress took it in MENDEL [_To VERA_] I am sorry the boy has been so rude KATHLEEN But the misthress didn't give it him at wanst--she hid it away bekaz it was Shabbos MENDEL Oh, dear--and she has forgotten to give it to him. —  The Melting-Pot
• I mind wanst, whin I was near as big as I am now, I handed back some onkind re-emarks to me poor father that's dead. —  Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War
• Why, wanst, whin Clancy was standin' up f'r Grogan's eighth, his son come runnin' in to tell him they was a fire in Vogel's packin' house. —  Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War
• Jawn Grogan was wurrukin' on th' top iv Metzri an' O'Connell's brewery wanst, with a man be th' name iv Dorsey. —  Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War

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