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o 'sthraw fwhor her in the far carner o' the kitchen below, an 'see her gettin' her supper, the crathur, before she'd put her to bed, she'd be thrivin 'like a salmon, sir, in less than no time; and to ardher the sarwints, sir, if you plase, not to be defraudin' the crathur of the big phaties.
Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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And I'll feel it an hannor if you gintlemen will join me in a glass of wine on the carner, across the way -- "
The Albany Depot : a Farce William Dean Howells 1878
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You'd only have to lay down the potato-basket on the flure, or the misthress, Gad bless her, could do it, an 'not lave a crumblin' behind her, besides sleepin, your haner, in the carner beyant, if she'd take the throuble. "
Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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