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  • But now - jes 'supposin' - I was in some foreign country - what would I want more than anything - "

    Murder Canyon Blacher, Joan 2002

  • "An 'supposin' we would?" returned Bostil, ominously.

    Wildfire Zane Grey 1905

  • Supposin 'this pris'ner to be a man with a whole lot iv money, an' supposin 'he wint to this house on th' night in question, an 'suppose it was snowin', an 'suppose it wasn't, an' suppose he turned fr'm th 'right hand corner to th' left goin 'upstairs, an' supposin 'he wore a plug hat an' a pair iv skates, an 'supposin' th 'next day was Winsday --' 'I objict,' says th 'State's attorney.

    Mr. Dooley Says Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • "Twice have I seen the fur fly off av 'wan av' thim hairy baboons av 'Boers since he starrtud, an' supposin 'the air a taste thicker, 'tis punched wid bullet-holes we'd be seem' ut all round 'um, the same as a young lady in the sky-in-terrific dhressmakin' line would be afther jabbin 'out the pattern av' a shoot av 'clothes."

    The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897

  • 'I should like to ask the speaker,' he said, 'supposin' all this that

    The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890

  • An 'supposin' we did fall in with a ship, sure, how could we get aboard of her with this sea runnin '?

    The Three Admirals William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • Grantin 'that he didn't sarve me with this notice to quit, an' supposin 'he let me stay in the farm, he'd rise it on me in sich a way as that I could hardly live in it; an' you know, Dora, that to be merely strugglin 'an' toilin 'all one's life is anything but a comfortable prospect.

    The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831

  • "Now supposin ', friends, as I'd a-fashioned the wondrous words o' the ditty we've just polished off; an 'supposin' a friend o 'mine, same as

    I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • June 15, 2009 at 11:55 am forf? is better dan kik in teef, ai is supposin….mai Chhizel is attacking my arm as i type right now…makin it a bit hard tew wrok!

    Yeah – you were rite Pete - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • He was a most uncommon small man, with a most uncommon large Ed; and what he had inside that Ed, nobody ever knowed but himself: even supposin himself to have ever took stock of it, which it would have been a stiff job for even him to do.

    Going into Society 2007

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