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"And 'taan' no virtue of yours to be good, ef you caan 'help it; you' d jus 'stay put -- jus' between -- in de brown earth, as you said.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Various
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They provide taan investment in this part of the worldx incentives for small businesses to expense up to $200,000 of investment and private -- and incentive for all businesses to provide a 50-percent bonus depreciation for investment made.
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Die ANC het kennis geneem dat die Afrikaner-Broederbond voor - taan in 'n "nuwe" gedaante sal voortbestaan as die Afrikanerbond
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Is th 'haase o' fire, or has th 'missus taan her bed?'
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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I felt summat wor taan aat o 'me,' and the old woman laid her hand on her heart.
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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When yo 'see yor own go aat o' th 'haas feet fermost, and yo' know it's for good an 'o', there's summat taan aat o 'yo' that nothin 'ever maks up for at afterwards.
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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He wor in th 'barn when he wor taan, sudden-like, with apoplex; and he never spoke, or knew me or you at after.
Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather
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'At the street o' the taan 'at he'd entered wor fill'd,
Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect John Hartley 1877
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Awm sure awm fain tha's com'd, for aw wor gettin 'reight looansum, for my felly an booath oth lads have gooan to th' taan, an they'll nooan be back afoor neet.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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Aw varily believe 'at aw bowt one hauf oth taan o' Halifax, i 'mi mind, before aw went to sleep; an aw didn't goa to sleep soa easily that neet as usual, for after aw'd put th' cannel aght, aw bethowt me 'at skyleet mud be left unfastened, an' soa aw had to get up an see.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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