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No, no! she has cast drows in her time for other guess things than bawlor; both Gorgios and Romans have tasted of them, and died.
Lavengro 2004
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Ho, ho! sir, you have taken drows; what, another throe! writhe, sir, writhe; the hog died by the drow of gypsies; I saw him stretched at evening.
Lavengro 2004
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"This ought to scare off volves and bears and drows and such," Fjalar opined.
Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999
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Soon he heard the voice of the malicious old hag Mrs. Herne, who, gloating over her enemy, told him he had taken _drows_, as, however he began to move they set their _juggal_
Souvenir of the George Borrow Celebration Norwich, July 5th, 1913 James Hooper
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"When my little sled drows up I'm doin 'to take you ridin'," he said confidingly.
Lovey Mary Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906
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No, no! she has cast drows {253a} in her time for other guess things than bawlor; both
Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) George Henry Borrow 1842
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"You have taken drows, sir," said Mrs. Herne; "do you hear, sir? drows; tip him a stave, child, of the song of poison."
Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) George Henry Borrow 1842
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Well, brother, the principal man listened to what she had to say, and let her do what she would; and she made a pudding, a very nice one, no doubt -- for, besides plums, she put in drows and all the Roman condiments that she knew of; and she gave it to the principal man, and the principal man put it into a basket and directed it to the woman in ---
Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) George Henry Borrow 1842
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Moors, and can make more drows, poisons, and philtres than any one alive.
The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842
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Ho, ho! sir, you have taken drows; what, another throe! writhe, sir, writhe, the hog died by the drow of
Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 2 (of 2) George Henry Borrow 1842
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