bachelder

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"No. I'm bachelder an 'lodge with Martin at th' gate."

The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 1911
"If I wasn't a bachelder, an 'tha' was a wench o 'mine," he cried, "I'd give thee a hidin '!"

The Secret Garden 1911
"If I wasn't a bachelder, an 'tha' was a wench o 'mine," he cried, "I'd give thee a hidin '!"

The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 1911
"No. I'm bachelder an 'lodge with Martin at th' gate."

The Secret Garden 1911
He's an old bachelder, I reckon, that is, he keeps mighty spruce, but I reckon he's hard on to thirty.

Cape Cod Folks Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895
Bachelder; for he's quiet, the little bachelder is, but dry as a herrin '.

Cape Cod Folks Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895
"No. I'm bachelder an 'lodge with Martin at th' gate."

The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
"If I wasn't a bachelder, an 'tha' was a wench o 'mine," he cried, "I'd give thee a hidin '!"

The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
Phileman Huffstater is a old bachelder, and hates wimmen.

Samantha on the Woman Question Marietta Holley 1881
And I shouldn't be surprised any day to see her snatched away by some widower or bachelder of proper age.

Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 7 Marietta Holley 1881