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  • But th 'timprachoor is frequently modified be an eruption iv th' neighborin 'volcanoes an' th 'inthraduction iv American stoves.

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • "'March eighth: Prisidint Dooley, chafin' at th 'delay in th' Sinit requirin 'all civilyans to submit their opinyons on th' tariff to th 'neighborin' raycruitin 'sergeant wanst a week, wint over to th' capitol this mornin 'with a file iv sojers an' arristed th 'anti-administhration foorces who are now locked up in th' barn back iv th 'White House.

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • The grand attraction centres in a rock that's said to be the eastest place in the neighborin republic, -- in short, as they call it, the 'jumpin-off place.'

    Lost in the Fog James De Mille

  • I know dat Miss Jenny Perry, on a neighborin 'plantation,' ud give my mammy food, fer us chilluns.

    Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Various

  • Co'nshuckin 'parties was conducted by a group of fa'mers who take their slaves or sen' them to the neighborin 'ones' til all the co'n was shuck '.

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

  • "Why shouldn't we do a bit of neighborin 'together, now we've got the chance?"

    The Wall Between Sara Ware Bassett 1920

  • He had th 'gintry f'r miles around to his big house f'r balls an' dinners an 'huntin' meetin's, an 'half th' little shopkeepers in th 'neighborin' town lived on th 'money he spent f'r th' things he didn't bring fr'm Dublin or London.

    Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • He always breaks through a window instead iv goin 'through an open dure, an' afther he's done annything that he thinks is commindable, he goes to a neighborin 'liquor saloon, stands on th' pool table an 'confides th' secret to ivrybody within sound iv his voice.

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • I hev been a-neighborin 'Isham hyar, "he laid his heavy hand on the tall moonshiner's shoulder," fur ten year an' better, but I won't hev nuthin 'ter do with bresh whiskey or aidin' or abettin 'in illicit' stillin '.

    The Moonshiners At Hoho-Hebee Falls 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

  • She has always boasted to me and the other neighborin 'wimmen that she has never disobeyed her husband once; and I sez to her cheerfully,

    Samantha at the World's Fair Marietta Holley 1881

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