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Examples
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And believe me, compared to what was put before Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ellins that evenin ', the dress rehearsal dinner looked like Monday night at an actors' boardin'-house.
The House of Torchy Sewell Ford 1907
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"Then you'll have to go to a mechanics 'boardin'-house."
A Modern Instance William Dean Howells 1878
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Him livin 'by his lone an' gettin 'boardin'-house truck.
Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Evelyn Raymond 1876
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"You'll find th 'boardin'-house just across over the track," said the woodsman, holding out his hand, "so long.
The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White 1909
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"Gee!" says I. "A hamfatters 'boardin'-house, I'll bet a bag of beans!
Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907
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"You'll find th 'boardin'-house just across over the track," said the woodsman, holding out his hand, "so long.
The Blazed Trail 1902
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Graveyard -- "De graveyard is de cheapes 'boardin' house."
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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As the angels wantin 'boardin', and they'd call around on me30
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So the two boys went to college, and later on little Doris, with long braids down her back and weeps in her eyes, is sent off to a girls 'boardin' school.
Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907
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If she's going to give all her good friends at the actors 'boardin' house the shake, she thinks it ought to be done at a farewell dinner at the swellest place in town.
Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907
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