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  • At eight I arrived at Tourons and had to walk from there to a small village called Tain, where I got a tramway to Romans.

    'My Beloved Poilus' Agnes Warner

  • Book of Leinster, there is written the great Irish legend called the Tain Bo Chuailgne or the Cattle Raid of Cooley.

    English Literature for Boys and Girls

  • (Derwent wood apparently) and Argoed Calchvynydd, “between the river Tren and the river Tain, that is the river of London.”

    Y Gododin A Poem of the Battle of Cattraeth Aneurin 1836

  • The Tain is a concept album, made entirely of one epically epic 20-minute song, and one epically epic 20-minute video.

    Stories from The Sun Julia Woodward 2010

  • Decemberists 'first attempt at a concept album, the Tain is a 18 minute and some odd seconds song cycle based on the Tain Bo Cuailnge.

    Everything2 New Writeups Taxt 2010

  • 'Tain't every married women'd tackle a strange horse that way, especially if she'd never ben on one.

    CHAPTER VIII 2010

  • Two propulsive pieces by drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts showcase Mr. Marsalis's tenor playing, and two ruminative ones from pianist Joey Calderazzo are highlighted by his full, rich soprano-sax sound.

    The Musical Benefits of Ties That Bind 2009

  • ''Tain't in poetry, is it?' interposed his father.

    Sam Weller's Walentine 2005

  • "'Tain't nothin' but a little taste-cake I spared out o 'the loaf I baked this mornin'," she explained with a blush.

    The Passing of Sister Barsett 1996

  • "'Tain't as if I was one o' them curious busybodies anyway," she said to herself pityingly; "they might 'a' neighbored with somebody for once, I do believe."

    In Dark New England Days 1996

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