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  • The queen gives him an apple from one of the trees for his wages saying, "It will gi'e thee the tongue than ne'er can Ice," and thenceforth Thomas can only speak the truth.

    Apples of Samhain 2008

  • On'y nobuddy tol 'yon Kalchan, or Kalchan figgered' e weren't gonna gi'e up, or Londer tol 'Kalchan t' keep mun out.

    Take A Thief Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • On'y nobuddy tol 'yon Kalchan, or Kalchan figgered' e weren't gonna gi'e up, or Londer tol 'Kalchan t' keep mun out.

    Take A Thief Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • Hose to his credit, though for my pairt they'd been far better to ha'e presented it to him, than to gi'e him it that way.

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

  • Then, in a bantering tone, and with a smile upon his lips, "I suppose we'll be rivals in this, then; but I gi'e you fair warning that I'm gaun to lift the Red Hose if I get a decent chance at all."

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

  • "I wadna 'gi'e a damn," said Peter Pegg, his big eye making frantic efforts to wink.

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

  • "I'm telt that a 'the managers roun' aboot ha'e an understandin 'with one another no' to gi'e work to onybody they take a dislike to."

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

  • "Here, gi'e my back a rub," and he lay over the tub while she washed his back from the shoulders downward, making it clean and free from the coal dust and grime.

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

  • "There, noo ', boys," said old Lauder, who had been busy hanging lighted pit lamps round Tam's cap, "gi'e him a guid run to the bottom, and see that he gets a guid bump in the lye."

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

  • I'm gaun to gi'e ye what we should hae gotten seven years syne, an 'it'll maybe put ye frae preyin' on decent women.

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

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