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Examples
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"I dassen't let out a lion, or he might bite you."
The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge Laura Lee Hope
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"You dassen't show your faces out of doors tonight -- allee samee!" was their parting taunt as they retreated.
Chicken Little Jane Lily Munsell Ritchie
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Mother hated to call him Elihu, but there was Grandfather gettin 'older an' older all the time, an 'she dassen't wait till the next one.
Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings Annie Hamilton Donnell
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We dassen't lay down on the beds in the daytime, the beds must always be made up perfect for the show for visitors.
Hungry Hearts 1920
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They dassen't holler or play rough in the play-room.
Hungry Hearts 1920
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We dassen't come in the front sitting-room or walk on the front steps what have carpet on it – we must walk on the back iron steps.
Hungry Hearts 1920
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Then she began like this: We dassen't stand on the front grass where the flowers are.
Hungry Hearts 1920
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"Gott im Himmel!" thinks I to myself; "ain't there going to be no end to the things we dassen't do in this place?"
Hungry Hearts 1920
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We dassen't sit on the chairs under the shady trees.
Hungry Hearts 1920
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The children dassen't run around the house or tear up flowers or do anything.
Hungry Hearts 1920
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