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"He lef 'me a tol'able sum, but li'l Hannah see the on'y real money is white money, so Ah set me to cotch some."
THE NUMBERS 2010
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Fust and on'y thing I got to think about is my own folks.
Favorite Economics Dialogues in Movies, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Big Mama Flore always said that White peoples gots as many ages as you can count but slaves on'y gots four ages.
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'Could on'y travel by nigh' an 'through wild country an' stuff.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003
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'Well, I on'y jus' got back, 'said Hagrid, waving an enormous hand at the haversack.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003
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I've bin bringin ''em on ler years, I reckon I've got the on'y domestic herd in Britain.'
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003
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Now, what we're studyin 'today is pretty rare, I reckon I'm probably the on'y person in Britain who's managed ter train' em. '
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003
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See, with giantesses, what counts is producin 'good big kids, and he's always been a bit on the runty side fer a giant - on'y sixteen foot -'
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003
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And the on'y way thee will beat them now is to divide them.
The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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And damn if he don' eyeball me too, like maybe he's thinkin' that sure looks like ol Caz Buckley from Juvie, on'y it's way too old to be Caz.
The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001
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