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Examples
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Immediately in hont of him, and his only concern in those first few moments, was the maze of obstacles that sat exposed by the low tide.
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That wouldn't be such a problem if tours of duty were hont being piggy-backed and depriving troops the opportunity to get their degree and take advantage of tuition assistance while enlisted.
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Ah forþi ha beod þe lesse te meanen · þat ha bi {} foren hont leorned ha meoster te {60} makien grim chere.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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I train heem to hont de caribou -- de moose -- de deer.
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"We com 'w'ere we need de hoss we hont de ranch an' git mor 'hoss."
Prairie Flowers 1921
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"We hont de ranch an 'git de hoss an' ride 'long de edge."
Prairie Flowers 1921
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"Why, its net varry nice, reight enuff, but it mud ha 'been war, hont."
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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He shoved th 'umbrella under his arm, an' held aght his hand, "Gooid bye hont, wol aw see yo agean."
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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"Just luk at my yollo satin dress," sed his hont; "it'll niver be fit to be seen agean!"
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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"Come sit thi daan," sed his hont; "but before tha does, just hand me th 'tea pot off th' rib; an 'mind, for th' hanel's hot."
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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