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  • 'Lord alive!' cried Hannah 'whativer put sich notions into th' chilt's yed? '

    The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885

  • Jefferson: if the money ain't chilt, ya can't prove guilt.

    Sound Politics: Does Your Congressman Tolerate Corruption? 2006

  • “Ah, my chilt,” he exclaimed, seeing the bills of exchange, and turning to Esther, “you are de fictim of a torough scoundrel, ein highway tief!”

    Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

  • Old Amos declared, however, 'that there were a bit o' both in it, but he feared th 'chilt more than th' parson. '

    Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

  • Not infrequently, both son and daughter would rally her on the many indulgences she granted the child, and Matt often told her that what 'he used to ged licked for, th' chilt geet kissed for. '

    Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

  • 'The chilt looks as thoo she'd been fed on spiders or frogs, or summat o' that soart. '

    The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885

  • 'If I get a good price for t' wool this year -- an theer's a new merchant coomin round, yan moor o 't' buyin soart nor owd Croker, soa they say, I'st save yo five shillin for a frock, chilt.

    The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885

  • She's like a wild thing soomtimes -- not a human creetur at aw -- Gie me that chilt, I tell tha! '

    The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885

  • An th 'chilt might ha deed, and t' cattle might ha strayed, and t 'geyats might ha opened o' theirsels!

    The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885

  • 'What's that chilt at now?' she exclaimed angrily, getting up and listening.

    The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885

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