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"Thrue, -- 'tis th 'Injun word, -- but a woild, woild land f'r all that."
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"Thrue for ye," he replied, -- "though it's little I get out of it, barrin 'the sup o' whisky wi 'my supper."
Live to be Useful or, The Story of Annie Lee and her Irish Nurse Anonymous
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"Thrue enough for you, your reverence," said a few others; "'t is what our fathers, and our fathers 'fathers, have tould us."
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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'Thrue fer yez,' sez she, 'an' I'll be ther upsettin 'of yez yit.'
The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives Elizabeth Strong Worthington
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"Thrue for ye," Terence replied, and hurried away to carry out
Cappy Ricks Retires 1918
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'Thrue f'r ye,' says I. 'There's no doubt in th' wurruld about it, 'I says.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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'Thrue f'r ye, Miles Standish,' says I; 'but what wud ye do?'
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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'Thrue f'r ye,' says I. 'Tooley,' he says, f'r he calls me that, 'we're wan to-night, alretty,' he says.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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'In his saloon,' says I, 'in I'mrald Av'noo,' says I. 'Thrue f'r ye,' says Plunkett.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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"Thrue f'r ye, sorr!" exclaimed Burke, with a twinkle in his gray eye.
The Reckoning 1899
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