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Examples
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"And from m'm - from that other Place - beyond the world's end, hey?"
The Silver Chair Lewis, C. S. 1953
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Tha's what I always say, m'm; the Briggses is a fam'ly that save out of their insides to put it on their bids.
Mrs. Day's Daughters Mary E. Mann
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"Please m'm there's lizards in the cellar, I dursn't go near."
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Douglas English
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"Please, m'm, there's a man asking for Mr. Charley."
Round the World in Seven Days Herbert Strang
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"I beg pardon, m'm," he said deferentially, "but hadn't I better keep them gossiping maids out of the room over there?"
A True Friend A Novel Adeline Sergeant
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"It's de las 'en' of a funerul, I b'lieve, m'm -- somebody whar dey didn't git done preachin 'over him,' count of a storm."
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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You leave it all to me, and just keep her quiet, m'm; I'll see to the room, and nobody else shall put their foot into it.
A True Friend A Novel Adeline Sergeant
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"And if you forget the number, m'm, think of a dog-licence."
Try Anything Twice 1938
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'You'll feel better after a nice hot cup of tea, m'm.'
The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie 1933
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'On the average, however, stiffening will have begun — neck and jaw — 5 to 6 hours after death' — m'm — 'in all likelihood have passed off in the bulk of cases by the end of 36 hours.
Whose Body? Dorothy Leigh 1923
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