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'Cause that damnation devil bringed the bottle 'gainst granite rocks, an 'the message was washed away for mermaids to read an' laugh at; an 'the grass-green splinters o' glass as held the last cry o 'drownin' men -- why, lil childern plays wi ''em now' pon the sand.
Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911
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And some plucky of the man to stand up to it, 'stead of walkin' off an 'drownin' hisself.
Hocken and Hunken Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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"The unhappy creature was fine an 'emperent to me 'bout a matter o' drownin 'chets in the spring.
Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911
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If I'd as mony lives as an owd tom-cat, I'd get shut on 'em all wi 'drownin'. "
Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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An 'I doubt me if there's a man in the mills that'd put out a hand to drag me from drownin'.
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An 'I doubt me if there's a man in the mills that'd put out a hand to drag me from drownin'.
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July 1, 2009 at 1:34 pm nawt drownin, flounderin in the breakers of the sea of headache. better, but still there.
who needs 3 sqware meals a day? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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August 12, 2009 at 2:54 pm oh em gee! ai iz freekin awt jus reedin about it! ai iz terrifyeded ob drownin. brudders can bee so meen…
Is hug. He likes. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Wii hadda wurried dat u wuz sumware drownin in ur own drool.
who needs 3 sqware meals a day? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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August 9, 2009 at 3:52 pm oar drownin dis toi, sumfin lyke dat.
…leaving the waitress a tip. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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