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Yorkshire; Anglice, way.] wi 'master, or my name beant Tim, but thou'lt be clean bamboozled. "

Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Henry William Herbert 1832

'I beant going to run; you've broke my head and dinged all the wind oot of ma body.'

Edward Barnett; a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams or, The Earle's Victims: with an Account of the Terrible End of the Proud Earl De Montford, the Lamentable Fate of the Victim of His Passion, and the Shadow's Punishment Tobias Aconite

_ -- I lately met with an instance of the use of this word in the etymological sense _peritus_: "I beant peart at making button-holes," said a needlewoman.

Notes and Queries, Number 48, September 28, 1850 Various

It beant your respected father hisself as you might put it, sir.

Final Curtain Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1935

I tell 'ee what, sir, them Frenchies is treecherous devils, an' not to be trusted the len'th of a lead line. An 'they beant seamen eno' to keep a full an 'by with all their' takteek '.

Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

"There's no devil if they beant!" said Tom, and there was a murmur of approval from the other men.

The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909

"There's no devil if they beant!" said Tom, and there was a murmur of approval from the other men.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

I tell 'ee what, sir, them Frenchies is treecherous devils, an' not to be trusted the len'th of a lead line. An 'they beant seamen eno' to keep a full an 'by with all their' takteek '.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

I tell 'ee what, sir, them Frenchies is treecherous devils, an' not to be trusted the len'th of a lead line. An 'they beant seamen eno' to keep a full an 'by with all their' takteek '.

Richard Carvel — Volume 08 Winston Churchill 1909

"There's no devil if they beant!" said Tom, and there was a murmur of approval from the other men.

The Crossing 1904