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Examples
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"A 'thocht it were goin' straicht for ma wee machine."
Tam o' the Scoots Edgar Wallace 1903
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Mak 'straicht for me, doctor, an' a '' ll gie ye the road oot.
Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878
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Tryst; "gin it bena a leeberty, ilka ane o's hes a sair fecht tae keep straicht in oor wy o 'business, but ye 've gien 's a lift the day," and so they must needs all have a grip of the Doctor's hand, who took snuff with prodigality, while the General complained of the smoke from the engine.
Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878
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Mak straicht for me, doctor, an 'a'll gie ye the road oot.
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Ian Maclaren 1878
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What hae we sic as yersel 'set ower's for, gien it binna to haud's i' the straicht path o 'what we're to believe an' no to believe?
Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864
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