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Examples
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It's a troublesome member, and gi'es him nae peace,
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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It gi'es a body a kind o 'a breath or twa i' the middle o 'the week, an' it pits naebody aboot.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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She always gi'es me twa shillings, and that's a good day's pay.
The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh
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Ann, gi'es a bite o 'the good meat -- a mouthful for poor old Moll, do
Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915
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Leeze me on drink! it gi'es us mair [blessings on]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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An 'then the ole gent gi'es' im a tanner '[sixpence].
The Spike 1903
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I dunnot thank a chap as gi'es me a crack at th 'soide o' th 'yed.
That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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Why, she begins to soart o 'dimple up about th' corners o 'her mouth as if I'd said summat reight down queer, an' she gi'es a bit o 'a laff.
That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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I dunnot thank a chap as gi'es me a crack at th 'soide o' th 'head.
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Why, she begins to soart o 'dimple up about th' corners o 'her mouth as if I'd said summat reight down queer, an' she gi'es a little bit o 'a laff.
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