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  • He was after me with his dorgs, and saw me as I was crossin 'the road near Franklin Schoolhouse.

    The Kentucky Ranger Edward T. Curnick

  • Deys de bery kine ob men dat used ter keep dorgs to ketch de runaways.

    Iola Leroy, Or Shadows Uplifted. 1892

  • His wife died right in dis house, an 'arter dat her husband went right to de dorgs; an' now he's in de pore-house.

    Iola Leroy, Or Shadows Uplifted. 1892

  • There be monkeys down town, and dorgs what dances on their

    The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Lucas Malet 1891

  • You uns kin go on down thar if ye 'd rather, follerin' ther dorgs, but I reckon as how I'll stay right yere an 'sorter see how ther ol' woman comes out.

    My Lady of the North Randall Parrish 1890

  • "Now inter ther hole with ye, Jed Bungay -- you an 'yer dorgs," she panted furiously.

    My Lady of the North Randall Parrish 1890

  • "Wal, stranger, I sorter reckon as how 'bout four bits 'ill squar' things -- dorgs is mighty durn cheap hereabout enyhow."

    My Lady of the North Randall Parrish 1890

  • When dorgs is mixed beyond a certain p'int it kind o 'muddles up their instincks,' n 'you can't rely on' em.

    Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

  • "Why, Miss Kate, them 'ere dorgs will bite the' ed off'n you if you don't use a whip on 'em when they get prancin 'around like that," and he lashed out at them with the whip he carried.

    Tom Gerrard Louis Becke 1884

  • Rathbun and Meshech Little, thar on the floor, tuk arter me with yer guns and dorgs caze ye said I wuz a dum Tory.

    The Duke of Stockbridge Edward Bellamy 1874

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