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'It must be a queer sort o' trouble, then, 'said Mrs. Mountain;' an 'you might tell me what it is afore you say that, Mrs. Rusker, arter all these' ears as we'n knowed each other. '
Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray David Christie Murray
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She dipity sher'ff, an 'we'n we com' on dem hoss ',
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"But I does wo'k we'n I kin git any wo'k ter do," the old man expostulated.
The Colonel's Dream 1895
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"Oom huh; fou 'yeahs is a mighty long time fu' a colo'd man to wait; but we'n he do wait dat long, hit's all de wuss we'n hit do come."
The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889
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An 'we'n heerd as it begun wi' yo're standin 'up fur us chaps -- axin fur things as wur wanted i' th 'pit to save us fro' runnin 'more risk than we need.
That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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You see, we'n yer gets yer lodgin 'an' yer food at Government expense, it don't cost yer nothing, an 'yer come out none the worse.
Sue, A Little Heroine L. T. Meade 1884
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We'n noan smooth soart o 'chaps, but we'n stand by what's fair an' plucky.
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An 'we'n heerd as it begun wi' yo're standin 'up for us chaps – axin' fur things as wuz wanted i 'th' pit to save us fro 'running more risk than we need.
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We've getten to settle wi 'him, or we'n fun ourselves in th' worst box yet.
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_ Hah, they'n better toimes on't nah, booath e heitin and clooas; we'n had menni a mess a nettle porridge an brawls on a Sunda mo'nin, for us brekfast ...
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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