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Ivan Demianitch laughed again the same strange guffaw, again dealt himself a sounding smack on the leg, and pulling a check handkerchief out of his pocket, blew his nose noisily, ferociously rolling his eyes, spat into the handkerchief, and ejaculated with the whole force of his lungs: ‘Tfoo-o-o!’
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“Tfoo! the devil take you!” cries the hunchback indignantly.
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“Tfoo!” said Raissa, surprised, shrugging her shoulders and crossing herself.
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‘Tfoo! curse it!’ he muttered, spitting into the water; ‘here’s a go.
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"Tfoo!" said Raissa, surprised, shrugging her shoulders and crossing herself.
The Witch and other stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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Ivan Demianitch laughed again the same strange guffaw, again dealt himself a sounding smack on the leg, and pulling a check handkerchief out of his pocket, blew his nose noisily, ferociously rolling his eyes, spat into the handkerchief, and ejaculated with the whole force of his lungs: 'Tfoo-o-o!'
The Jew and Other Stories Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850
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'Tfoo! curse it!' he muttered, spitting into the water; 'here's a go.
A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850
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Tfoo, what a business,” he went on as though to himself.
The Inn 2006
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I mustn’t talk too freely; if I fall into his arms all at once, he may think — Tfoo! how horrible if he should think —
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I mustn’t talk too freely; if I fall into his arms all at once, he may think — Tfoo! how horrible if he should think —!”
The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1851
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