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Examples
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"I think you are m-making me inf-fernally sorry," said an unsteady little voice.
The Fortieth Door Mary Hastings Bradley
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But den, when dey foun 'out I had heern ebberyt'ing, and knowed all deir' fernally tricks, and mean to 'form on dem, dey got scared, dey did!
Self-Raised Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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And her name is Mrs. Doogood, which is a 'fernally false, 'cause she nebber does no good!
Self-Raised Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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She was an oppry singer, as was no better 'an she should be, and as had misled away my lordship's younger brother, who married of her, and died, and serve him right, de' fernally fool!
Self-Raised Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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Which it is dis: Just now you called dat whited salt-peter here a pure lassie, which, beggin 'your pardon, is' fernally false, dough you don't know it!
Self-Raised Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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It's a pity that space-travel's still so in - fernally expensive. "
The Sands of Mars Clarke, Arthur C. 1951
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