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  • What she really wants is a big office for her dear bald-headed Gawge to sit around and look important in.

    Main Street 2004

  • What she really wants is a big office for her dear bald-headed Gawge to sit around and look important in.

    Main Street 1920

  • What she really wants is a big office for her dear bald-headed Gawge to sit around and look important in.

    Main Street Sinclair Lewis 1918

  • "Yas sah, lil 'Gawge done die six o'clock dis maw-nin'."

    The Law of the Land Emerson Hough 1890

  • "Well, Mas 'Gawge, you know, ef I is ol' an 'feeble, ez you say, I need a strong young han' to he'p me down de hill, an 'ef Manette don' min 'spa'in' a few mont's er yeahs --"

    The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

  • "No, no, Mas 'Gawge, I don't ezzactly want to' sign, but I'd jes 'lak to have a few Sundays off."

    The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

  • No Gawge Nimbus, nor ennything Nimbus, nor Nimbus ennything -- jes 'Nimbus; so.

    Bricks without Straw A Novel 1880

  • No Gawge Nimbus, nor ennything Nimbus, nor Nimbus ennything -- jes 'Nimbus; so.

    Bricks Without Straw Albion Winegar Tourg��e 1871

  • "Othah niggah, he say: 'Don't make no diff'unce Gawge live heah o' not.

    American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Julian Street 1913

  • "Billy he don't want hit nobody, but this-heah Gawge he drunk, an 'Billy

    American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Julian Street 1913

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