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En Mars Dugal 'had b'en ter de oction, en w'en he seed dis gal a-cryin' en gwine on 'bout bein 'sol' erway fum her ole mammy, Aun 'Mahaly, Mars Dugal' bid 'em bofe in, en fotch 'em ober ter our plantation.
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Dem lies folks b'en tellin 'her had p'isen' her min '' g'in 'Dave.
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But he had been practicing all winter in imitation of a tame cow moose that Johnny Moreau had, and he thought he could make the sound 'b'en bon.'
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews
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"I made him foreman when he'd b'en with me a month," he continued after a short pause.
Prairie Flowers 1921
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I calculate I might help him, myself, 'he sez,' I b'en thinkin 'of it too.' ...
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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Ann Chester said she seen you in town a while back and wouldn't of knowed it was you if it hadn't of b'en you was wearin 'my old brown cape, an' she reconnized it.
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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That young Doctor Wells down there -- he's on'y b'en there a year -- he come right up, an 'spoke to me, in the midst of several.
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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I've b'en at Clem fur five years to buy him union suits; but he's always b'en so stuck on red flannen.
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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Mame Parmlee, that ain't b'en able to see me fur three years, left off sweepin 'her porch an' come down an 'shook my hand, an' cried about it; an 'that stylish Mis' Willowby, that's president o 'the Civil Club, followed me all over the Square and asked dare she read a copy o' the letter an 'tell about Nat to the schoolhouse next Wednesday.
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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"You've b'en out in the cold, and you haven't eaten much."
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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