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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Malt.
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Examples
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Now we be happi, maybe; now we git married soam day byne-by, eh?
The Wife of Chino 1903
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The cuif sat for a long time on his byne lost in thought.
The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887
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Now we be happi, maybe; now we git married soam day byne-by, eh?
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Frank Norris 1886
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An 'Hardenberg, who's got to do the talkin', gets the fidgets byne-by; and because he's only restin 'the toes o' his feet on the floor, his knees begin jiggerin '; an' along o 'watchin' him, _my_ knees begin to go, an 'then Strokher's and then Ally Bazan's.
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Frank Norris 1886
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So, byne by we filled the tub, and missus saa, "John, dew yeou take yar master's hid; {44c} and Sam, yeou take his feet, and drop 'im in."
Two Suffolk Friends Francis Hindes Groome 1876
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You gwine to do jus as all on em hab done, byne by when de right one come.
The Memories of Fifty Years Sparks, William H 1870
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You gwine to do jus as all on em hab done, byne by when de right one come.
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That he has byne very conv. rsant with the Erie of Leicester, by the space of theis ten or twelve yeares last passed.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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I have not byne importunate since, because I conceaved it disliked you; though be it a matter almost the dearest thing man enjoyes.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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Your Majesty hath byne a King manie years, and can judge of offences.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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