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Not as if they was owing for, or bought at auction, or so much as beaten down by sixpence, but all at full price and own judgment, paid for by airnings of labour and perils of the deep.
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
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"Do your other lady patients wear furs that your airnings for six months could never pay for, Mr. Keppel?" she inquired.
The Golden Scorpion Sax Rohmer 1921
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Not as if they was owing for, or bought at auction, or so much as beaten down by sixpence, but all at full price and own judgment, paid for by airnings of labour and perils of the deep.
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Ef I kain't git her settled, han'some, out of my airnings, I'd like to know what's the use of all my rapscalities.
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“Never fear, lad,” honest Tugwell replied, for the young man’s face was fair to read; “we’ll not take a farden of thy hard airnings, not a brass farden, so help me
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
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"Never fear, lad," honest Tugwell replied, for the young man's face was fair to read; "we'll not take a farden of thy hard airnings, not a brass farden, so help me Bob!
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You hain't been spending money, or your airnings, upon a thing that's no account, hev 'you? "
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