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They pawed the yaller-boys, and sifted them through their fingers and let them jingle down on the floor; and the king says:
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We shut the cellar door behind us, and when they found the bag they spilt it out on the floor, and it was a lovely sight, all them yaller-boys.
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There was the pan with a small-sized shovelful of yaller-boys in it -- pieces that would weigh up to $10 some of them.
Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters Henry Wallace Phillips 1899
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"Le's make up the deffisit," and he begun to haul out yaller-boys out of his pocket.
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We shut the cellar door behind us, and when they found the bag they spilt it out on the floor, and it was a lovely sight, all them yaller-boys.
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They pawed the yaller-boys, and sifted them through their fingers and let them jingle down on the floor; and the king says:
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They pawed the yaller-boys, and sifted them through their fingers and let them jingle down on the floor; and the king says:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 21 to 25 Mark Twain 1872
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We shut the cellar door behind us, and when they found the bag they spilt it out on the floor, and it was a lovely sight, all them yaller-boys.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 21 to 25 Mark Twain 1872
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"Le's make up the deffisit," and he begun to haul out yaller-boys out of his pocket.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1872
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"Le's make up the deffisit," and he begun to haul out yaller-boys out of his pocket.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 21 to 25 Mark Twain 1872
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