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Examples
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I'd never liked the nasty dang'rous thing, with Franky into every mischief, and I hid it up on the top of the wardrobe.
Mrs. Day's Daughters Mary E. Mann
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And o'er the dang'rous deep secure the navy flies;
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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I'm more er less a dang'rous character when I'm on the peck.
'Me--Smith' Caroline Lockhart 1916
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Them's dang'rous opinions to hold onto in free Ameriky, replied Mr. Maybee with a sly twinkle in his eye.
Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest Pauline Elizabeth 1902
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"That shorely is dang'rous business -- fur us," said Shif'less Sol.
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"In dang'rous times it's doin 'a heap jest to live, an' a man who dies off at thirty-two, all through his own foolishness, ain't much to brag about."
The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky 1890
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It looked purty dang'rous to shoot off a gun with warriors so near, although I did bring down wild turkeys twice in the night.
The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" 1890
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"Ef he's ez dang'rous ez that," said Shif'less Sol, lightly, "I say let's move on right now, an 'give him back his gor-gee-yous mansion."
The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" 1890
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'Thou then, my friend, who seest the dang'rous strife In which some demon bids me plunge my life, To the Aonian fount direct my feet, Say where the Nine thy lonely musings meet?
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Mark'd out by dang'rous parts, he meets the shock,
English Satires Various 1885
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