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Examples
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Ef there was a poor camp woman that had lost her man in a skrimmage, the Cappin was the first to empty his pockets into her lap.
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Don't you forgit the Cappin is a-looking on you. "
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"I's heerd massa an 'Cappin Fizzroy talkin' about you," said the negro, crossing his arms on his chest and regarding his questioner with a somewhat quizzical expression.
The Madman and the Pirate Arthur Twidle 1859
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Clarly he nebber heerd ob dat an 'massa he notice dat, seems to me, for he ses, ` Well, Cappin
The Madman and the Pirate Arthur Twidle 1859
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"Sheep's eyes, they calls 'em, Cappin," quoth the Corporal.
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"And here's the man to baick you, Cappin, by the Lord Harry!"
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I reside at 18 Cappin-street, and will at any time cheerfully accord my testimony to his medical skill.
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"Why, we're robbed and killed here, you skunk; we've had a fight with the tories, and they've scalped Lance, and shot the Cappin in three places, his head, his belly, and his witals."
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"They're on the look out for us, Cappin," said the Corporal, with an air of triumph.
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Why, Mr. Fordham, would you believe it, the Cappin let that fellow, who was next door neighbor to a born eediot, set at his mess and feed daily, when Oakenberg couldn't neither bring in food nor game; could'nt work nor fight; was the skeariest chap you ever seed, and could only talk conceited about snakes, and how to be safe in fighting in the army.
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