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Aw dooant think yo ivver hed onny experience i 'cookin' for yorsen, nivver name cookin 'for other fowk, but aw considered misen a varry gooid hand, an aw can assure yo when aw stewed them hens an rooasted th' cock, an boiled some puttates, an made a pile o 'tooast, an some strong teah flavored wi rum,' at it wor a set aght net to be despised.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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If you ain't got tins an 'cookin' things, all as you can get'll be bread and cheese.
THE SPIKE 2010
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All I meant was, 't Ephraim ought not to be doin 'his own cookin' -- that is -- if you can call it cookin '-- but then, of course, 'tis cookin' -- there's all kinds o 'cookin'.
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For aprons ain't quite overalls an 'cookin' ain't munish.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 Various
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He's sort of daft; but all the sense he has left is gone t 'cookin' an 'managin' a house.
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Steady ole hoss, there's one consolation, -- they're breakin 'the wind for you, an' thank God! -- yes Ben Butler, look! they're after one other, -- they're racin 'like Tam O'Shanter an' cookin 'each other to a gnat's heel -- Oh, Lord what fools!
The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore
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We had been packin 'our blankets, our grub, an' cookin 'gear to say nothin' o 'the packet; so, of course, we didn't give much thought to the campin' ground.
The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905
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` If you ain't got tins an 'cookin' things, all as you can get'll be bread and cheese.
The Spike 1903
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Her majesty, th 'impress, is sufferin' slightly fr'm death be poison, but is still able to do th 'cookin' f'r the Rooshan ambassadure.
Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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I had such a hard day's work in front of me, a-finishin 'cookin' up provisions for the exertion, and gettin 'things done up in the house so
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I Various 1900
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