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- verb
Eye dialect spelling ofso help .
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Examples
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"I'd rather have a new coat than a new missus, and, swelp me bob, I want both."
The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough
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I wouldn't show it to no one but you, swelp me, I wouldn't.
Harding's Luck Edith 1909
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I wasn't no good – I don't deceive you, guv'ner – a no account man I was, swelp me!
Harding's Luck Edith 1909
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The biggest back-'ander, I ever did 'av', swelp me! ...
The Servant in the House Charles Rann Kennedy 1910
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All right, miss -- I won't: swelp me Gawd, I won't.
The Servant in the House Charles Rann Kennedy 1910
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So he told her the whole truth, swelp him, an 'got away; an' he respected Mrs Hardwick arter that.
Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894
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It is no more defensible than "swelp me" for "so help me."
America To-day, Observations and Reflections William Archer 1890
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I'm _there_: and if I linger longer loo in it, you linger, too, swelp me Gawd! "
The Lord of the Sea 1906
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