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Examples
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We tried her out several times ashore and then shipped her to Floridy, meaning to try to fly to Cuba.
The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic John Henry Goldfrap 1898
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"So, yuh be his boy, ther man as is a-gwine tuh cla'r weuns off his land if hit takes all ther sojers in Floridy tuh do hit?" gritted McGee between his strong white teeth.
Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat St. George Rathborne
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I was _people_ in Middle Georgy befo 'I ever come to Floridy.
De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts Zora Neale Hurston
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They were pea-fields, this time, but Grandma, peering at the pea-pickers 'camp, cried, "My land, if this ain't Floridy all over again!"
Across the Fruited Plain Florence Crannell Means 1935
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If we treat 'em right and they get stuck on the country they're liable to winter here instead of Floridy.
The Dude Wrangler Caroline Lockhart 1916
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'Th' inimies iv our counthry has been cr-rushed, 'he says,' or is stuck down in Floridy with his rig'mint talkin ',' he says, 'his hellish docthrines to th' allygatars, 'he says.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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I'd say, 'an' open th 'cupboard jus' nex 'to th' head iv th 'bed, an' find th 'bottle marked "Floridy Wather," an' threat ye'ersilf kindly. '
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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Floridy pine and live-oak and mahogany from the Mosquito coast; built in
In Exile and Other Stories Mary Hallock Foote 1892
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"Why, Mark, you're pretty nigh as tall as a Floridy pine."
Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida Kirk Munroe 1890
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Mark has had too much of Floridy, and it'll do him good to leave it for a while.
Wakulla: a story of adventure in Florida Kirk Munroe 1890
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