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- preposition   Eye dialect spelling ofbefore .
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Examples
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								"I've heard that 'twas yo 'granddaughter's birthday an' that she's like to change her name befo 'it's time for another." The Miller Of Old Church Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909 
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								iffin u want a quik laff..clik ahn my name befo ai try tu fix it. i play no game - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008 
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								I'll teach Tom to sing your name befo 'you ever see me agin. " The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times George Alfred Townsend 1877 
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								But, of co'se, we had been baptized befo ', an' we nachelly helt out agin 'that for some time. Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels 
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								"I've heard that 'twas yo 'granddaughter's birthday an' that she's like to change her name befo 'it's time for another." 
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								But, of co'se, we had been baptized befo ', an' we nachelly helt out agin 'that for some time. Sonny, a Christmas Guest Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886 
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								Didn 'he put his han' on yo 'haid an' call you his own brave little gal, jes 'befo', jes 'befo' -- he went? " The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889 
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								His name wuz Tom Randolph an 'befo' de war he b'longed ter Marse Joshua Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration 
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								Sometimes it were two or three months atter the buryin 'befo' the funeral sermon was preached. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration 
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								My mammy and daddy got married after freedom, 'cause they didn't git de time for a weddin 'befo'. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration 
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