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Examples
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‘Wery much obleeged to you, my dear,’ replied Mr. Weller;
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‘I have know’d strong men obleeged to make themselves uncommon skase for less.
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"But if you want to go on and plow me a fire-strip, Tommy, I'll be a thousand times obleeged to you."
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret Annie Roe Carr
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"Very well," says I, "I'll be off at once; so put me by a bone or two for supper, should any come out while I'm gone; and if you can get the puppies to sleep before I return, I shall be so much obleeged to you."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 Various
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I'm obleeged to you for putting the good thought into my head.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Various
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"I'm sure you're very good; I'm sure I'm very much obleeged to you," was all Mrs. Sill could say.
The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times John Turvill Adams
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The old woman was so long in that house where she stopped, that I was obleeged to toddle home, for my wife has a rather unpleasant way of taking me by the scruff of my neck if I ain't pretty regular in my hours.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 Various
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Now me and Mr. Perrin doesn't speak unless we is obleeged to know dat what we is gwine to say is de truth.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Lawk, sir! what misfortunes can have befallen you, that you are obleeged to turn author?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 Various
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Atkins, driving back, and setting her and Taddy down at the Ducklow gate, answered her embarrassed "Much obleeged to ye," with a sincere "Not at all," considering the fun he had had a sufficient compensation for his trouble.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Various
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