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  • Soapy to be more careful, and 'elps' im stow it in 'is' aversack, where it took up most the room an 'weighed a ton, an' left Soapy to distribute 'is bully beef an' biscuits an 'cheese an' spare socks and cetera in all the pockets 'e' ad.

    Between the Lines Boyd Cable 1910

  • But day by day they kicks 'im, which' elps 'im on a bit,

    The Seven Seas Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • An 'Father Victor' elps 'im with our Roman Catholicks --

    Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • But day by day they kicks 'im, which' elps 'im on a bit,

    Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • But day by day they kicks 'im, which' elps 'im on a bit,

    Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • An 'Father Victor' elps 'im with our Roman Catholicks --

    The Seven Seas Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • An 'Father Victor' elps 'im with our Roman Catholicks --

    Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • White 'airs an' feeble legs 'elps 'em along considerable, -- nowt's better stock-in-trade than tremblin' shins.

    The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Marie Corelli 1889

  • She 'elps herself and the other lady to a brandy-and-soda, and says she, just as she let the cork fly,' Yes, 'she says,' I think you've got it. '

    In Direst Peril David Christie Murray

  • I'm very grateful for lions wot talk and 'elps yer like a pal; and please don't let no blighted coppers a see me, and lock me up.

    The Tale of Lal A Fantasy Raymond Paton

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