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"If tha oppens it again while I'm weshin 'me, Ill ma'e thy jaw rattle," he threatened from the midst of his soap-suds.
Sons and Lovers 1913
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"If tha oppens it again while I'm weshin 'me, I'll ma'e thy jaw rattle," he threatened from the midst of his soap-suds.
Sons and Lovers 1907
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When they're practisin ', they stand o'th' side o'th 'oven door i' ther turns, an 'when Billy whistles one on 'em oppens it an' shaats aght "Change here for Bradford Beck, Halifax, Hull and t'other shops!" then he bangs it too ageean an shaats "All reight!" an another comes an 'does th' same.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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"Well, an 'when tha oppens thine, tha generally lets summat in, soa we're abaght straight."
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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"Why, lass, it isn't oft tha oppens thi maath for nowt, tha generally lets summat aght."
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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