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  • And off she sot, lookin 'as scorney as a London lady, and leavin' the poor minister standin 'starin' like a stuck pig.

    The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830

  • And off she sot, lookin as scorney as a London lady, and leavin the poor minister standin starin like a stuck pig.

    The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830

  • "The Gineral was takin 'a ride with a southerner one day over his farm to Bangor in Maine, to see his crops, fixin mill privileges and what not, and the southerner was a turning up his nose at every thing amost, proper scorney, and braggin' how things growed on his estate down south.

    The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830

  • "The Gineral was takin 'a ride with a southerner one day over his farm to Bangor in Maine, to see his crops, fixin mill privileges and what not, and the southerner was a turning up his nose at every thing amost, proper scorney, and braggin' how things growed on his estate down south.

    The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 02 Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830

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  • Noun - a book or magazine containing stories or plays of the past, typically dealing with exciting events or events.

    September 23, 2023