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Testament, and of the olde lawe; as swyn, hares, and othere bestes, that chewen not here code.
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Testament, and of the olde lawe; as swyn, hares, and othere bestes, that chewen not here code.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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But th first time yer mom set a iron on it, it melted down like chewen gum.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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And thei seye, that wee synne dedly, in etynge of bestes, that weren forboden in the Old Testament, and of the olde lawe; as swyn, hares, and othere bestes, that chewen not here code.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Th mess a my whittlen allus aggravated yer pore mother—an seems like since—since this trouble—I’ve allus got to be a whittlen, an a chewen an a spitten, too.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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