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Dey didn't 'pear ter be nuffin de matter wid 'im,' cep'n de rheumatiz, but his strenk des dwinel 'away' tel he didn 'hab ernuff lef' ter draw his bref.
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But she wanted ter turn 'im back long ernuff fer ter' splain ter 'im dat she hadn' went off a-purpose, en lef '' im ter be chop 'down en sawed up.
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Ther crack is big ernuff ter put yer finger in, but Unc 'Fletch doesn't do no such fool trick ez that.
Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur Edward C. Taylor
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Wade an Moss Teele an uthers air hungry ter git er bite at ther public grip, so they throw out bait fer yo uns ter nibble; an yer air fools ernuff ter nibble.
Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. Jack Thorne
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"Well, stranger, so long ez yer kind ernuff ter inquire, I'll tell yer."
Ted Strong's Motor Car Edward C. Taylor
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"En egg's er wishwashy creeter es ain 'got ernuff tase er its own ter stan' alont widout salt," he remarked contemptuously; after which he grew hospitable.
The Voice of the People Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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"You don 'b'long ter him no mo'; you're free, an 'ain' got sense ernuff ter know it."
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"You knows w'at I'm talkin 'about, Mis' Molly; you knows well ernuff I'm talkin 'about dat fine mule an' kyart an 'harness over dere in my stable."
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Huh, an 'you oughter hab ernuff by dis time ter bury bof o' us.
The Starbucks Opie Percival Read 1895
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"It 'u'd all be well ernuff, Mis' Flannigan, ef I had n 'met you; but I don' know whar I 's ter fin 'a colored lady w'at' ll begin ter suit me after habbin 'libbed in de same house wid you."
The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays 1895
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