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Examples
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T'e blacksmit's muscles are not transmitted to his son t'e clerk; but t'e black hair t'at he got from his fat'er.
The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day Harriet Stark
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Vell, den, after my fat'er and moder haf welcomed her, ve shall travel.
The Old Gray Homestead Frances Parkinson Keyes 1927
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You shall say, 'Peter's fat'er haf sent for him, Peter go back to Holland ver' quick '-- vat you say, suddenly.
The Old Gray Homestead Frances Parkinson Keyes 1927
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Well, one day I hit my fat'er wit 'a stick -- no, hit my mot'er's' osban 'wit' a stick.
The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911
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"You got fat'er, mot'er out there, Sam?" she asked.
The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911
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Long tam ago my fat'er tell me all the Kakisa people go to the Big Falls ev'ry year at the time when the berries ripe.
The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Hulbert Footner 1911
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Without any preamble she said simply: "My fat'er a white man."
The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911
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"Always my fat'er try to have no trouble," continued Tole.
The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest Hulbert Footner 1911
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"My mot'er's fat'er, he white man too," she went on.
The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911
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Nine-Mile Point where your fat'er built a house long time ago.
The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911
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