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He made a lot iv it in dhrivin 'a ca-ar, he did, but he blew it all in again good liquor an' bad women; an ', bedad, he was broke half th' time an 'borrowin' th 'other half.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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He'd ought to have a fulldressuit of his own, 'stead o' borrowin 'that fat O'Neill's. "
V. V.'s Eyes Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905
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'E'd been buyin' grain from one farmer, sellin 'it t' another, borrowin 'the money, and buyin' more.
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Sooooo red, where yu “borrowin” da innertubes tunite?
Kitty rule #2 - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Ai diddnt fink shed mynd us borrowin it fer a spesshull okkayshun.
I found a dust bunneh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai fink dey iz borrowin dem awl in tern an den gibbin dem bakk.
Feline Obedience Training ? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Maybe he can raise the cigarette tax, that was a good idea...or just keep borrowin and borrowin cause thats all he's done, and then say I keep the line on taxes. what a joke!
Guv fires back 2005
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And where did you get the ten shillin's, you that haven't had ten shillin's of your own altogether for ten years, but always borrowin 'money and tellin' the people that you are goin 'to inherit a fortune from
Duty, and other Irish Comedies Seumas O'Brien
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"I wouldn't 'a' come to you only I'm strapped myself, what with buyin 'the hat with all them plumes, and the missus after borrowin' my last five-dollar bill."
Elsie Marley, Honey Joslyn Gray
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"There's a bad thing about borrowin 'trouble," said Scattergood.
Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland 1922
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