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- phrase obsolete Contraction of
call it .
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Examples
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"When _we_ obstruct, who dares to call't Obstruction?"
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 25, 1893 Various
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But the windes bloweing so much southerly we could nott. soe leaveing itt into the Shoare with our Starboard tacks on board, fetcht the bay the [y] call't Vispo, in which their is a brave River and very good water, which bay lieth in South lattd.
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Cap'en Shackzon zays, zays he, bevore we sdart, dat ze schgooners vas to zail vor Jarls Islant, call't by ze Sbaniards
The Island Treasure 1887
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"It vas call't ze Galapagos vrom ze Spanish vort dat mean ze big toordles, zame dat yous zee dere."
The Island Treasure 1887
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To the _Passage des_ -- what d'ye call't -- _des Panoramas_ [8]
The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thomas Moore 1815
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I couldna but see - Well, tomorrow mornwatch we go to Uriel for ... we canna call't a celebration-a speech or twa-and - "
Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981
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1476: I prethee call't: For this vngentle businesse
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"And the clue, why, an ye call't a two-plye twine, and the ends on't in this room e'en now, ye'll not be far out.
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
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[Footnote 1: 'The What d'ye call't?' by John Gay (act ii. sc.
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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"Alas! how chang'd -- with the same sermon-mien that once I pray'd, the What d'ye call't I've seen.
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