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Examples
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"Not many courses," he said, as he dragged the spuds out from under the bunk; "just two -- b'iled potatoes, first course; flapjacks and 'lasses, second course; and coffee."
Land of the Burnt Thigh Edith Eudora Kohl
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He'll niver ask to have his cabbage twice b'iled, nor plain words twice spoke.
Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray
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Proclamation, runnin 'like this:' Five hundred dollars reward for capture and return of one Sadler, that committed humiliatin 'assault on one Hillary, and sp'iled the stomachs and b'iled the skins of patriotic municipal guardsmen, which shameful person is more'n six feet of iniquity, and his features homely beyond belief, complexion dilapidated, and conscience dyspeptic.'
The Belted Seas Arthur Willis Colton
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We'd be out for a good while, and not have much to eat except cod b'iled or cod fried in a pan; and if there was much sea on, and the wind blowin 'a gale, it was a hard matter to cook it at all.
Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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I ain't going to set no strange minister down to a dinner of cold b'iled mutton.
Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919
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Also, he bought himself two white shirts of the "b'iled" variety, a red necktie, a brown Derby hat, and
Kindred of the Dust 1918
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"I've throve on b'iled rabbits, Peregrine friend, rabbits and other things cooked by these two hands, lived and throve on 'em these fifty-odd years -- and you see me today a man hale and hearty --"
Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915
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"I can't see any particular good looks in the gal, myself," remarked Mrs. Bottom, "but then, when it's b'iled down to the p'int, it ain't her, but his own wishes he's chasin '."
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If they'd guessed we were scared stiff them b'iled Utes sure enough would have massacreed us.
The Fighting Edge William MacLeod Raine 1912
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He's had his ribs stove in, busted an arm, shot hisself by accident, got rheumatism, had his nose bit off by a railroad guy while he was b'iled, an 'finally married a female battle-axe, all inside o' two years.
The Fighting Edge William MacLeod Raine 1912
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