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Examples
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Always jumping up and raising his hand in class: “o-o-o Mista Kattah, Mista Kattah”
McCain Touts His Support of Israel - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Middle school students go "o-o-o" but they love it.
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They were standing with their hands in their waistcoats, as usual, and had just come to the “o-o-o,” at the end of the chorus of the forty-seventh stanza, when Orlando started:
Cox's Diary 2006
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They were standing with their hands in their waistcoats, as usual, and had just come to the “o-o-o,” at the end of the chorus of the forty-seventh stanza, when Orlando started:
Burlesques 2006
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But the "o-o-o" was prolonged into a wail as a particularly pernicious jab in the midst of her duodenum - "a providential thrust," Dr. Bond said -- doubled her up, if rotundity can be said to double.
Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness Robert S. Carroll
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Long after while a owl started hootin who o o o are e-e-e, who are o-o-o - and it sounded jest lak some one saying "who are you".
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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Kte3xd5 means the Knight standing on e3 captures the man standing on d5. o-o-o means the player castles Queen's side and in so doing gives check.
Chess and Checkers : the Way to Mastership Edward Lasker 1933
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Makaula nei no ka hiamoe, a me ka ala a mau ana o kahi puaa, a o-o-o mau no hoi o kahi moa.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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"O! o-o-o, O! o-o!" as much as to say, "Ah, my boy, that's just the question."
The Red Eric 1859
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They were standing with their hands in their waistcoats, as usual, and had just come to the "o-o-o," at the end of the chorus of the forty-seventh stanza, when Orlando started: "That's a scream!" says he.
Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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