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I thought when you came in, that, like the Irishman and the government, you were 'forninst' us.

The Man in Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

I asked at last, when Fred had declared that in these days of corruption, no matter what the government was, be was "forninst" it.

The Window at the White Cat 1910

From that minute, in the struggle that was coming, like Fred, I was "forninst" the government.

The Window at the White Cat 1910

"forninst," "forby"; and the mental attitude to life is two or three centuries old.

The Canadian Commonwealth 1903

Holy shite what, pray, is this "green" nonsensicalisimus? isn't it soon I'll be putting a stop to your gallop and sending ye back to the ha'penny seats with your head forninst you on the table askin ye to your face if you're not a right feckin bollix, or wha' .......

languagehat.com: KING GUBU. 2004

The saints be about us! how iver did I come forninst this say iv wather, just crapin in quiet afther a bit iv sthroll wid Mike Mahoney, me own b'y, that 's to marry me intirely, come Saint Patrick's day nixt. '

An Old-Fashioned Girl 1950

"Good morning, sir," said I. "Sure, sir," said he; "are you the Col-o-nel of this post? for it was him I was towld to ax for -- for a pass to get to see my wife, who lives five miles away from here, adjoining the white church, forninst the first woods to the right as you go to Huttonsville."

Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett

I shall always think that I see him forninst me, as I met him beyant, the night. '

Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall

I stopped whistlin 'whin I makes th' enthry, an 'I steered straight fer th' chist forninst the captin's room.

Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"

The Waiver dropped down on his two knees forninst the king, and says he, "I beg God's pardon and yours for the liberty I tuk, plaze your holiness I hope you'll excuse it."

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