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  • All the time he kept talking of the "nonsinse" of it, and the "onraisonableness" of demanding o.k. 's for everything.

    The Mighty Burke 1911

  • August 28, 2009 at 7:50 am yew toos jes stawp dis nonsinse rite nao!

    They won’t find your body in a dumpster… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • I, he's weary listenin 'to me nonsinse, so I'll go up on the bridge an' interview Misther Schultz.

    Cappy Ricks Retires 1918

  • I gave my word to Dinah Shadd yesterday, an ', more blame to me, I was wid you last night talkin' nonsinse but nothin 'more.

    Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Hear now; I sat there wid Judy on my knee tellin 'me all manner av nonsinse an' only sayin '"yes" an'

    Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • They come round me an 'shuk me, an' I tould thim I was in privit employ wid an income av me own, an 'a drrrawin'-room fit to bate the Quane's; an' wid me lies an 'me shtories an' nonsinse gin'rally, I kept 'em quiet in wan way an 'another, knockin' roun 'the camp.

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • _Sweethearts'_ nonsinse was ended, there was another little bit av a play called _Couples_ -- some kind av couple or another.

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • I gave my word to Dinah Shadd yesterday, an ', more blame to me, I was wid you last night talkin' nonsinse but nothin 'more.

    Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • 'I misremimber fwhat nonsinse I said, but I was not so far gone that

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • '"Fwhat nonsinse is this?" sez she, dhrawin' hersilf up on the tips av her dear little toes.

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

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