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  • It was plainly evident that one of the outlaws had lain hidden on N'Yawk's bed while the sheriff was there, and that afterwards he had saddled the horse and made his escape.

    Letters of a Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart

  • “N'Yawk's the place,” said the child of a Bowery tenement in New York, on the night of her return from an enforced sojourn in Arcady.

    The Story of My Life Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928 1908

  • It was plainly evident that one of the outlaws had lain hidden on N'Yawk's bed while the sheriff was there, and that afterwards he had saddled the horse and made his escape.

    Letters of a Woman Homesteader 1847

  • Maybe thanks to my 3 years of living in - don't F*** with me - New Yawk City?

    Parade of Fools 2009

  • Maybe thanks to my 3 years of living in - don't F*** with me - New Yawk City?

    Parade of Fools 2009

  • Ferrara has an endearing New Yawk gruffness, and how can you not like a filmmaker who grew up in Peekskill?

    Erica Abeel: Apocalypse: If Not Now, Maybe Next Week? Erica Abeel 2011

  • At one point, they realized that Pete's passport was in the limo outside and this cocky very New Yawk lawyer enlisted me to run down and get it.

    Binky Philips: Pete Townshend Meets My Mom and Dad at the Fillmore East Binky Philips 2010

  • Maybe thanks to my 3 years of living in - don't F*** with me - New Yawk City?

    Parade of Fools 2009

  • So that leaves New Yawk and its braying, preening society climbers.

    Real Housewives Make Me Question My Morality | clusterflock 2009

  • The clash between modernist idealism and "New Yawk"-style practicality re-emerged with Mr. Vignelli's new subway map in 1972.

    When in Helvetica Michael Bierut 2011

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