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  • On top of that the Spanish hithered and dithered; one day all for charge and glory, the next preaching caution and withdrawal.

    Sharpe's Eagle Cornwell, Bernard 1981

  • On top of that the Spanish hithered and dithered - one day all for charge and glory, the next preaching caution and withdrawal.

    Sharpe's Eagle Cornwell, Bernard 1981

  • The pretty creetur come-hithered rayther speedy, and seized the gentleman by the whiskers, which he tore off about enuff to stuff a small cushion with.

    Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature Various

  • This was quite a new light to M. Sichap, who had hithered considered the double "Pan, pan," an indispensable adjunct to the pantomime of firing a gun; much as my young brother and I had once imagined "Ug, ug," an obligatory commencement to any remark made by a Red Indian

    The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

  • The pretty creetur come-hithered rayther speedy, and seized the gentleman by the whiskers, which he tore off about enuff to stuff a small cushion with.

    The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) Various 1887

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