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  • But hey, the house is cleanish and tidyish and the laundry is getting up to date so THAT'S ALL OK THEN ISN'T IT.

    AAAAAAUUGHGHGH ailbhe 2007

  • "If he drives like this habitual, there must be a tidyish little lump owin 'to him," said Pyecroft.

    Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • So I edges easily away to the west'ard, they following, till we'd got an offing of about four miles from the shore, and there was a tidyish jump of a sea for 'em to paddle ag'in, though I know'd 'twould make no matter of difference to the boat; and then I gives the tiller to the little lady, who'd come round ag'in, goes for'ard and h'ists the sail full up, and then hauls sharp up and goes about, keeping as straight away for the bay ag'in as I dared for the reef.

    For Treasure Bound Harry Collingwood 1886

  • "Ye-es," said Ike, after saying "soup" very loudly as he took a long sip of his coffee; "tidyish, my lad, tidyish, but you see one gets eddicated to a herring, and knows exactly where every bone will be.

    Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden George Manville Fenn 1870

  • Besides, she's really a niceish sort of a body enough, a tidyish little soul in her way, and you're a gay widower -- so who knows? "

    Miss Philly Firkin, The China-Woman Mary Russell Mitford 1821

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