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  • Blast him! he'll be done wi 'engineerin' fur a while if he fa's into _my_ hands, an 'he'll mak' no more rows about th '

    That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

  • Blast him! he'll be done wi 'engineerin' fur a while if he fa's into my hands, an 'he'll mak' no more rows about th 'Davvies.

    That Lass o' Lowrie's: A Lancashire Story 1877

  • "Even as a teenager reading science fiction, I think I was distinctly distrustful of that techno-euphoric mythology of the engineerin a lot of mainstream American science fiction," he says.

    Interview with William Gibson from Creem 1991

  • Such technology is not too far beyond our present capabilities: almost matter of engineerin 'development rather than pure research.

    The Day of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

  • Such technology is not too far beyond our present capabilities: almost matter of engineerin 'development rather than pure research.

    The Day Of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

  • "Ain't you got any idea, boss, who's engineerin 'this deal against you?"

    The Brand of Silence A Detective Story Harrington Strong

  • But he has the look of a man ye couldn't trust in the dark -- an ''twould be clever engineerin' to marry a million.

    The Challenge of the North 1921

  • An engineerin 'fellow, who he was I dunno, rides up to the fire.

    The Boy With the U. S. Foresters Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

  • Ernest puts Andrew in the way of this electrical engineerin 'he's so mad for.

    Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916

  • Seems Nicky had built up quite a rep. by some work he did over in France on an engineerin 'job.

    Torchy As A Pa Sewell Ford 1907

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