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Examples
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“Hut, prut, man — take a drink and go to bed,” said the
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God has made you all with good ears — and some of you play delightfully yourselves — trut-prut, — prut-trut.
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The bridge is a mile too high, and the sound post absolutely down, — else — trut ... prut — hark! tis not so bad a tone. —
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God has made you all with good ears — and some of you play delightfully yourselves — trut-prut, — prut-trut.
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The bridge is a mile too high, and the sound post absolutely down, — else — trut ... prut — hark! tis not so bad a tone. —
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As I waited, my flies resting among the pads near the canoe, curious sounds came floating down the hillside -- _Prut, prut, pr-r-r-rt!
Wood Folk at School William Joseph Long 1909
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_Prut, prut_ -- and from the hillside and the alder swamp and the big evergreens his scattered flock were answering; here a _kwit_, and there
Wood Folk at School William Joseph Long 1909
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Well, the king's son set to work with fork and broom and might and main, but -- prut!
The Wonder Clock 1887
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But, prut! she was no more like a Princess than I am, for she was squat, and round-shouldered, and had hair of the color of tow.
Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk Howard Pyle 1882
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The bridge is a mile too high, and the sound post absolutely down, -- else, -- trut -- prut.
History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873
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