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But for all that Nobby wud have no thruck wid her, for all she was a widder, well fixed -- wid a house av her own an 'lashuns av money.
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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I'll have no more thruck with ye, ye blitherin ', crazy loon.
The Mighty Burke 1911
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But there was the key in the open door, an ', by this an' that, all the shtuff in the room -- chair, table, bed, an 'all -- was shtandin' on their heads twisty-ways, an 'the bedclothes an' every thin 'else; such a disgraceful stramash av conglomerated thruck as ye niver dhreamt av.
Martin Hewitt, Investigator Arthur Morrison 1904
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An 'this very blessed mornin' av light I was strook onsensible an 'left a livin' corpse, an 'my lodgin's penethrated an' all the thruck mishandled an 'bruk up behind me back.
Martin Hewitt, Investigator Arthur Morrison 1904
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'Tis a profissional spoort, like playin 'base-ball f'r a livin' or wheelin 'a thruck.
Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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He's a minyit-man, a r-ready pote that sleeps like th 'dhriver iv thruck 9, with his poetic pants in his boots beside his bed, an' him r-ready to jump out an 'slide down th' pole th 'minyit th' alarm sounds.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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'Twas thruck eighteen; an 'Hogan, that was captain, wudden't let thim have it.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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Don't get it into ye'er head that if me frind Baldwin or Peary iver wint north iv Milwaukee an 'come acrost th' North Pole they'd carve their names on it or hist a flag over it or bring it home with thim on a thruck an 'set it up on th' lake front.
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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'Twas all half dhark, an 'whin the coolies left they shut a big black gate behind av us, an' half a company av fat yellow priests began pully-haulin 'the palanquins into a dharker place yet -- a big stone hall full av pillars, an' gods, an 'incense, an' all manner av similar thruck.
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Wanst, bein 'a fool, I wint into the married lines more for the sake av spakin' to our ould colour-sergint Shadd than for any thruck wid women-folk.
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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