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  • He knows, from the little he knows, that I know more than him and that I've got him licked to a fare-you-well.

    CHAPTER XXVII 2010

  • But, bless your soul, if he gits a woman what wants to be both husband and wife, fare-you-well and good-bye, too, to all love, pleasure, and independence; 'cause you sho 'is gwine to ketch hell here and no mild climate whenever you goes' way.

    Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

  • Ordinarily, I don't believe in a preacher butting into political matters -- let him stick to straight religion and save souls, and not stir up a lot of discussion -- but at a time like this, I do think he ought to stand right up and bawl out those plug-uglies to a fare-you-well! ''

    Babbitt 1922

  • "She's all dolled up to a fare-you-well to-night," continued Clark.

    Tales of the Jazz Age 1922

  • I’ll bet he wined and dined the superintendent of the Motor License Bureau to a fare-you-well!

    Chapter 21 1922

  • I'll bet he wined and dined the superintendent of the Motor License Bureau to a fare-you-well! ''

    Babbitt 1922

  • Ordinarily, I don’t believe in a preacher butting into political matters—let him stick to straight religion and save souls, and not stir up a lot of discussion—but at a time like this, I do think he ought to stand right up and bawl out those plug-uglies to a fare-you-well!

    Chapter 27 1922

  • An 'in the dark of the night 'tis like as not he can do a fare-you-well overside.

    Chapter 2 1917

  • He knows, from the little he knows, that I know more than him and that I've got him licked to a fare-you-well.

    Chapter 27 1917

  • "She's all dolled up to a fare-you-well to-night," continued Clark.

    Tales of the Jazz Age 1918

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