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Examples
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"Dis is a gloomsome sort of place, young massa," said Jeff, the negro, as he placed the trunk at the foot of the bed and turned towards Guly, who was trying to look through the dingy window; "howsomever, 'taint quite so bad in the day time."
The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans Mary Ashley Townsend 1866
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But, good lack! what gloomsome manner of life must that be, wherein one shall find one's diversion in reading of the Bible!
Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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"By reason that things which be profitable be alway dry and gloomsome."
Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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It's too gloomsome now to make any thin 'out o' them.
The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850
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That will be more agreeable than moping in this gloomsome cavern.
The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850
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