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Examples
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I can tell the real article without lookin 'for the "sterlin'"mark on the handle.
The Depot Master Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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His captain, in his will, left Andy twa hunder pounds sterlin '-- more siller than Andy's ever thought to finger in his life.
Between You and Me Harry Lauder 1910
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I'm goin 'to buy me a table f'r computin' inthrest, a copy iv th 'naytional bankin' act an 'a good account iv th' thransactions in sterlin 'exchange f'r th' current year an 'whin th' quip an 'jest go round, I'll be no skeleton at th' feast.
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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Ye can take this sterlin 'piece iv lithrachoor to a bunk with ye an' light a ball iv hop.
Mr. Dooley Says Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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He was worth the windy side o 'twa million sterlin', an 'no friend to his own blood-kin.
The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Ye see, there's vast deeference between towin 'a ship wi' men on her an 'pickin' up a derelict -- a vast deeference -- in pounds sterlin '.
The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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There's three hunder thousand pound sterlin ', at a conservative estimate, droonin' before our eyes.
The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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I took her for her _worth_, sir, her sterlin 'qualities.
Over the Rocky Mountains Wandering Will in the Land of the Redskin 1859
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Goldman Sachs published a note advising its clients to buy sterlin g.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Goldman Sachs published a note advising its clients to buy sterlin g.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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