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Examples
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He said "goodby," in order to go to embark in the morning, and permission was given him.
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I fancy them standing by the open garden gate; the tears are rolling down Aunt Chloe's cheeks; Sam's six front teeth are glistening like pearls; I wave my hand to him manfully then I call out "goodby" in a muffled voice to Aunt Chloe; they and the old home fade away.
The Story of a Bad Boy Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871
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"You were going without saying 'goodby'!" she said softly.
Susy, a story of the Plains Bret Harte 1869
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ExecuteNonQuery (); commandString = "UPDATE [MBS$B5: B5] SET F2 = 'goodby'"; cmdExcel.
ASP.NET Forums Prabhat_30 2010
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a way that would have thawed a lump of ice, he said "goodby;" and then declaring that he would rather do his own harnessing for a night ride, he went out into the storm.
He Fell in Love with His Wife Edward Payson Roe 1863
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Well Tina Fey better keep her impersonations in good taste or kiss Satuday Night Live goodby.
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Hutchinson, this sure is the kiss of death for you, say goodby to your governership, although I don't know that Sarah's support is much better.
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My friends asked if I knew Arnold Hogarth at Poly and I replied yes, I went to the Kiss the Boys 'goodby dance wirh Arnold and he might remember me as the one girl who didn't kiss him on the 1st date.
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In Double or Nothing, the liberties Federman takes, and offers, with deliberate “misspellings” in words such as “responsability” “goodby” and “handfull” make this very point about the practical relationship between composition and meaning in all of its pluridimentionality (his mouthful of a word).
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Every thing that is good in America you have set on your tails and waved it goodby while it set sail for Europe, China, Japan and whereever.
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