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He's ther feller who was p'inted out ter me as ther devil what led ther band o 'cutthroats what killed ther Spooner family fer a measly few thousands o' dollars.
Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur Edward C. Taylor
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Wheatley wuz 'p'inted fus' speakah in de nex '' Jug-breakin 'an'
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"I warned him fair ter keep erway, an 'p'inted my warnin' with a rifle ball."
'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Eliot H. Robinson
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"Oh, it's fo 'you all right," said the negro, decidedly, "fo 'de capting p'inted yo' out on de street las 'ebenin'."
For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store Lurana W. Sheldon
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And Sally Ann p'inted her finger right at Job and says she,
Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall
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"I'll ask you, very p'inted, why you're loafin 'around wastin' your master's time?"
The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915
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"I also ask you, very p'inted, wherefore an 'why you loaf, guzzlin' an 'swillin' your master's good liquor?"
The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915
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"An 'I'll ask you, very p'inted, what you reckon you're doin' in that chair?"
The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915
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When the applause died out and Ben had resumed his seat Jim said he would reserve "all p'inted comments until the other contestants had spoke," but there was a semi-malicious smile of satisfaction, which may have sprung from Cove rivalry, when he added, "If all of what we've jest heard was as true as the last part of it, it ought to be a chapter in the Bible."
With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914
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She said all the visible signs p'inted to a serious affair 'twixt you two young people, and she said before it went any further she wanted to know ef he was the kind of a young man to be gittin 'hisself engaged to a member of the
From Place to Place 1910
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