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My only houp lies in a doobt -- a doobt, that is, whether I _had_ ever come til a knowledge o 'the trowth -- or hae yet!
Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864
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I doobt if you will post this as, you only like to put the mean-spirited posts that put Hillary down.
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"An 'what's mair," Malcolm continued, "I doobt they're some partic'lar aboot the turn o 'their phrases up yonner, my lord."
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various
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"Weel, daddy," he said, "I doobt I daurna come near ye noo."
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various
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There's a muckle ship gaun ashore on the reef, and the puir folks are a 'yammerin' and ca'in 'for help -- and I doobt they'll a' be drooned.
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I hae nae doobt, Stakes, that ye will suit me well enough.
The Mystery of Cloomber Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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There's a muckle ship gaun ashore on the reef, and the puir folks are a 'yammerin' and ca'in 'for help -- and I doobt they'll a' be drooned.
The Captain of the Polestar Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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"I mak 'no doobt he thowt it was a by-wipe," thought Gubblum.
A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892
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“Nae doobt, my laird, nae doobt; vera interasted indeed.”
The Eustace Diamonds 1873
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"Nae doobt the Laird's by -- ordinair," she said at last.
Phineas Redux 1873
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