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Examples
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It's yin o 'thae waifs of the war-field, a' sobbin 'and shakin' wi 'fricht.
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Tom is sort o 'sobbin' onder his breath; Tom would have swapped places with
Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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I was a-lookin 'over the graves to see if I could find a nice comfortable place for my pore gal, an' all at once I heered a kind o 'sobbin' as would a 'made me die o' fright if it 'adn't a' bin broad daylight, an 'then I see a gal a-layin' flat on a grave an 'cryin', an 'when I got up to her I seed as she wur covered with mud, an' I seed as she wur a-starvin '.'
Aylwin Theodore Watts-Dunton 1873
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o 'excuses an' sed shoo didn't know what her father 'd say, but Dick sooin showed her' at it wor a varry easy thing ta manage it withaht lettin 'him know, an' he begged soa hard wol, after a deeal o 'sobbin' an 'gettin' him to sware 'at he'd allus love her as weel as he did just then, an' 'at come what wod he'd nivver forsake her, shoo gave her consent.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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"When I turns to note the cause of Jerry's clamours he's loppin 'his fore-laigs over Tom's back an' sobbin 'an' sheddin 'tears into his mane.
Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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We might even work up a second charge against you - indecent assault on the Orient Express, with Kralta sobbin 'in the witness-box!
Watershed 2010
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September 15, 2008 at 10:53 pm sobbin not gut, u needz hugs?
CAUTION: toy may contain - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Pleeze not too be sobbin piteously, mah fren Janet!
Itty bitty kitty comitte boat sinked. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Iz okai, nightshayde, not for da wureez. **brings nightshayde floofy blankee nd raps round her sobbin shoulders** Comes wit meh for tu not be in da kornur no mores.
Friendship - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Raids and deaths a comin ', Malnutrition and and sobbin', torture everyday.
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