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  • An 'oor bairnies is a' daein 'fine: Jamie's a doctor i' Chicago; an 'oor Jeanie's mairrit on Allan Sutherland, him as will be the new Reeve o' the coonty; an 'Chairlie has a ranch i' Alberta like the Duke o 'Roxburgh's estate; an' Willie'll hae oor ain land here, when we sleep aneath it.

    St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles

  • (Marston St. Laurence). in the coonty of Norlh - ampton. — 'These notes I took from the last edition

    Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical ... 1812

  • Second, Lord George Cavendish, to whom his late Majesty was godfjitber, and who was elected, in 1751» for Weymooth; and in several parliaments was chosen for the coonty of Derby.

    Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical 1812

  • "To all people onto whom these presents shall come Joseph Dodle; of Rosbur; in the coonty of Suffolk and Proviace of the Massachuaetts Bay in New England, Esq. W".

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • Hift. of the county of Waterford, 8vo. $i« v« 257 — - Hiftory of the city of Corky 2 vols. 8vo.los. « — v* 265 — • Hiftory of the coonty of Kerry, 8vo.

    The Monthly Review 1786

  • J An of - ficer to whom is entrufted in each coonty the execution of the taws.

    A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is ... 1768

  • I live in pike county IN. and it woke me up at 5 or so in the morning. and my bed rocked up and down from each side. but i was to lazy at that time to go to mmy door jam and get underit so i just covered up my head with a couple of pillows. it was pretty effective all over the coonty from wwhat i’ve heard from my friends.

    An Earthquake Rattles the Midwest - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • 'and mair remarkable anes, in oor ain coonty nor in ony ither in

    Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864

  • a 'the same, gien she had been rich, an' her father -- I'll no say the hangman, but him 'at he last hangt, there wad be fowth (PLENTY) o' coonty-fowk wad hae her til her denner wi 'them.

    Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864

  • The place is foo 'o' men -- tae say naethin 'o' weemin; but it's little she hes tae dae wi 'them or them wi' her -- officers frae Edinburgh an 'writin' men frae London, as weel as half a dozen coonty birkies. "

    Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878

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