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- noun An
edible mushroom (Boletus edulis ).
Etymologies
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Examples
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'Wal, they is enterprisin', 'cause they don't keer for nuthin '' cep 'money.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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"What is the matter?" said I. "I dunno, seh, 'cep'n' she's mad 'cause docteh won't leave heh stay and talk to Mist 'Wheatley; _he_ made heh go, an' I s'pose hit kindeh put heh out."
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Den he made us all set down 'cep' one what was to do de preachin '.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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In dem days all de darky wimmens wore dey hair in string 'cep' when dey 'tended church or a wedding.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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You can't make 'ead nor tail of it,' cep 'the pictures, an' they is -- well, there!
Oh! Susannah! A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts Mark Ambient
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Gal chilluns wore jus 'plain chemises made long, and boys didn't wear nothin' 'cep' long shirts widout no britches 'til dey was 'bout twelve or fo'teen.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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She wuz light ez a piece o 'peth, an' so white, 'cep' her eyes an 'her sorrel hyar, an' she kep 'on gittin' whiter an 'weaker.
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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Couldn 'wash us you see,' cep 'under de arms a little
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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He wuz so solumn an 'moanful all de time, at leas' 'cep' when dyah wuz gwine to be
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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"Wal, they is enterprisin ', 'cause they don't keer for nuthin' 'cep' money."
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore
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February 12, 2011