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- phrase obsolete Contraction of
for it .
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Examples
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It's a cold day and this is the beer for't though my first was a Fuller's ESB, which is really never a bad call.
Archive 2008-11-01 jkd 2008
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It's a cold day and this is the beer for't though my first was a Fuller's ESB, which is really never a bad call.
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The main problem now will be scrounging up the money for't.
Archive 2006-04-01 2006
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The main problem now will be scrounging up the money for't.
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Physicians killed their patients and were paid for't; courtiers 'promises and bullies' oaths ever made a great noise and signified nothing.
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MRS. RICH: De la Bette, whatever bills the little trades-people bring ye, let 'em wait; let 'em walk for't and watch my levee.
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Although men have offered her money "for't", she will have none of that and will do as her mother did.
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There's no harm in that, and you can't have the law on us for't, 'said a big, burly man.
Sarah's School Friend May Baldwin
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No, no, I 'm resolved never to venture upon the crime without the satisfaction of seeing you punished for't.
The Beaux-Stratagem George Farquhar
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Whoever he is, friend, he'll be but little the better for't.
The Beaux-Stratagem George Farquhar
minerva commented on the word for't
Contraction of for it.
January 1, 2008