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And Angus he was fair mad, I can tell ye, and he said to Wilson, 'Thoo stammerin' and yammerin 'taistrel, thoo; I'll pluck a lock of thy threep.
The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892
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Ey, the braizzant taistrel med have done something for Ralph an he lived langer.
The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892
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To a taistrel like thee! soa nah, off tha gooas -- Quick!
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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"Tha young taistrel!" sed Sammywell, but he off after it as hard as he could, an a fine race it gave him.
Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect John Hartley 1877
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Let me have him in Wilfrey Lawson's hands, and ye'll see what for I hate the proud-stomached taistrel. "
The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892
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So what dusta think the taistrel does, but ups with a stone and brains her. "
A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892
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"What, man! thoo's heard how the taistrel killed poor auld Fan?
A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892
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I allus liked Paul Ritson -- the reet one, thoo knows, not this taistrel that calls hisself Paul Ritson -- but I cared so laal for Hugh that I could have taken him and wrowk't the fire with him. "
A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892
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