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"Not edzackly what you might call know him; but I know something of him."
At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear Kirk Munroe 1890
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His name was "Aleck, and he didn't edzackly belong to the city," -- that was all he would say.
The story of Archer Alexander : from slavery to freedom, March 30, 1863, 1885
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I thes reckon hit wouldn't be edzackly bes 'fer ter discuss hit with nobody else, "and he inserted the straw between his teeth with great care and precision, and took his high stepping way toward the Ridge, secure in his self-esteem and approbation in that not even the wiles of a lady of the position of the young' squire's mother could betray him into divulging his secret.
The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 Various 1888
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"Wal, now, dat's jes edzackly de question I wuz gwine ter ax of you.
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"Wal, now, dat's jes edzackly de question I wuz gwine ter ax of you.
Bricks Without Straw Albion Winegar Tourg��e 1871
bilby commented on the word edzackly
"'Well, Chief, I'll be dipped in shit if I edzackly know. I'd call it Grand Car Thievery, if it was a car I knew. But t'wasn't.'"
- 'The Dark Half', Stephen King.
December 31, 2007