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Examples
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"Carry the poor beggar along an 'I'll be afther ye in a minnit; for this other misfortunate gossoon here looks as if he wouldn't be the worst for a dhrop of good brandy, an' faith, I'll say to him fourst, avic!"
The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin
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` Be yez the docther jintlemen from the hospital, avic? '
The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin
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_ Thin let us down to the big double, avic, and be the grace of God we'll see a corpse.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21 Various
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Reach the sugar bowl, Larry, avic, and sit down by the table and rest your bones.
The Irish Twins Lucy Fitch Perkins 1901
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Arrah now, Con avic, why wouldn't you run out and play a bit this lovely mornin '?
Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887
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Och, Paddy, avic, but you're the grand man grown; and Felix, och now, to be seein 'you agin, and everythin' else as clear as clear.
Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887
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"So, me hearties, ye'll have to take the will for the dade, an 'this little lidden messenger, avic, to show as how we aren't onmindful av ye, sure, an' that there's no ill falin 'atwane us!"
Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea William Heysham Overend 1874
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"He'll niver bate ye, Martin, avic, as long as there's two timbers of ye houldin 'togither."
Martin Rattler 1859
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"Put on yer shoes then, avic, for the sarpints are no ghosts, anyhow, and I'm tould they're pisonous sometimes."
Martin Rattler 1859
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Look you, avic, have ye seen a brig or a brig's crew anywhere betune this and the north pole?
The World of Ice 1859
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