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  • But whenever I sees a cove or covess with the true murderer's face, down goes that cove or covess 'name in my little reader, an' I vatches an 'vaits for

    Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • "I vere a champion buzman, ah! and a prime rook at queering the gulls, too, but I ewentually turned honest all along of a flash, morning-sneak covess as got 'erself conwerted."

    The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • Vell, all at once I'll spot a cove or covess vith vot I calls a capital mug, I'll follow that cove or covess, and by

    The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

  • "Ah, Bess, my covess, strike me blind if my sees don't tout your bingo muns in spite of the darkmans.

    Pelham — Volume 08 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "Ah, Bess, my covess, strike me blind if my sees don't tout your bingo muns in spite of the darkmans.

    Pelham — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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