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"Take time, cousin; don't be in a hurry to make up your mind, and remember, 'Codlin's your friend,'" added Charlie, hopeful still.
Eight Cousins Louisa May Alcott 1860
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Then observing that his companion was fast asleep, he added in an earnest whisper, 'Codlin's the friend, remember -- not
The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens 1841
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'Codlin's my friend,' she says, d 'dear, good, kind Codlin, as is always a devising pleasures for me!
Old Curiosity Shop 1800
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'Codlin's my friend,' she says, with a tear of gratitude a trickling down her little eye; 'Codlin's my friend,' she says -- 'not Short.
Old Curiosity Shop 1800
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a sounding blow with his hand, and shriek out, 'Codlin's your friend, not Short,' and then go off into ecstasies of glee as he told the tale all over again.
Mushrooms on the Moor Frank Boreham 1915
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With a wondering look Boz kept repeating in a low voice: "'Codlin's the friend not Short.'
John Forster Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald 1879
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Boing Boing 2008
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Codlin; ‘and I ask the gentleman’s pardon on your account, as
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‘Will you never leave off aggravating a man?’ said Codlin.
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Codlin, bearing the show as usual, and keeping his eye on Nelly and her grandfather, as they rather lingered in the rear.
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