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Be tha thissles skeer'd in tha twenty yacres, Thomas?
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings
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"Don't yeh be skeer'd by what I told yeh," said he.
The Spinner's Book of Fiction Various
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Brer Rabbit flung up bofe han's like he wuz skeer'd er gittin 'a load er shot in his vitals, an' den he broke an 'run ez hard ez he kin.
Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes
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He broke an 'run, an' den he stop fer ter see what 'tis -- an 'den he run a leetle ways an' stop ag'in, an 'he keep on dodgin' an 'runnin' twel he fool Brer Bull-Frog inter b'lievin 'dat he wuz skeer'd mighty nigh ter death.
Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes
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Wal, when I sees Cape Horn ahead I gits a little skeer'd when
The Spinner's Book of Fiction Various
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Brer Bull-Frog wuz mighty certain an 'sho dat Brer Rabbit wuz skeer'd ez he kin be, an' inter de holler he went, widout so much ez takin 'de trouble ter shet up his umbrell.
Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes
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Wen dey kum up so bol 'an' brave de Giby'nites wuz skeer'd out'n dere senses, an 'dey saunt word ter Joshwer dat dey wuz in troubl' an 'he mus' run up dar an 'git 'em out.
John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908
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"'He des gone by,' sez Brer Rabbit, en ole man B'ar tuck off down de road like a skeer'd mule, en Brer Rabbit, he come out en dry hisse'f in de sun, en go home ter his fambly same ez enny udder man."
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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I won't say I wuz skeer'd, "said Uncle Remus, as though endeavoring to recall something he failed to remember," I wont say I wuz skeer'd, kaze I wuzent; but I wuz took'n wid a mighty funny feelin 'in de naberhood er de gizzard.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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All dis time Brer Rabbit mighty nigh skeer'd outen his skin, en he fear'd fer ter move kaze de bucket might keel over en spill him out in de water.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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