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An 'sure enough, whin ivry wan'd give him up, out comes me brave Clancy, as black as a Turk, with th' girl in his arms.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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"Awl mind," he sed; an 'as he began to think he'd had mishaps enuff for one day, he thowt he'd steer clear ov ony moor, an' soa as he'd been wan'd th 'hanel wor hot, he tuk hold o'th' spaat, an 'he'd hardly getten
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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665: His Brother wan'd vpon him, although I thinke
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"I suspict though, fr'm me knowledge iv th 'kind iv man that uses firear-rms that if some wan'd had th' prisence iv mind to sing out 'They'se a man at th' bar that offers to buy dhrinks f'r th 'crowd,' they'd be less casu'lties fr'm bullets, though they might be enough people kilt in th 'r-rush to even it up.
Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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