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Examples
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"Yes, 'cause it's so dark, you see; the Captain durstn't let her run."
Queechy 1854
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An 'durstn't spake a word but grin, the whilst that Chairley's there!
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"I think she's without exception, the prettiest girl I ever seen; an 'her beautiful figure beats all; but somehow they say every one's afraid of her, an' durstn't vex her."
The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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"Uncle Issy," asked Jim Lewarne, lurching up, "I durstn 'g-glint over my shoulder -- but wud' ee mind tellin 'me if th' old woman's lookin 'this way -- afore I squench my thirst?"
I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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