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Examples
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Horrocks, allays mooning about in th 'engine-house in daytime an' sulkin 'at' ome neeghttime.
The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays Eugene O'Neill 1920
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Even lauchin 'she never lauchs twise wi' the same face, an 'whan she sulks, she has a hunner w'ys o' sulkin '. "
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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Joins Nennepus in a gud sulk. … erm … wy is wii sulkin agin?
ALL DAY. ALL CATS. part 1 - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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I just gitten paid bak, atleast hii wuz a wunnerfully pleasant child, I just keep dose yrs in mind wyle hii sulkin in hyme room!
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WP iz sulkin `coz Ai haz bean awai! my replai is doun bilow!
Bob we gots teh talk - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Gess I missed sum big rude stuff wile I wuz sulkin, huh?
no rush, just FYI… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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'I'm an ould fool,' said Mulvaney, reflectively, 'dhrag-gin' you two out here bekaze I was undher the Black Dog -- sulkin 'like a child.
Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900
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He hadna been sulkin 'aifter aa'; he had been fairly wedged atween the twa rocks, for whan I landit him, lo an 'behold! he was bleedin' like a pig, an 'there was a muckle gash i' the side o 'him, that the rock had torn whan I draggit him by main force up an' oot.
Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Archibald Forbes 1869
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I'm thinkin 'she unnerstude the insinivation, for she uttert deil anither word, but yokit tee again fell spitefu' tae rug an 'yark at the sulkin' fush.
Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Archibald Forbes 1869
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"I havena been sulkin ', my lord," answered Malcolm.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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