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  • Once or twice Fay had murmured that she was "so hundry," but when the camp was sighted, she was asleep in Frank's arms, her head of tangled golden curls lying on his shoulder.

    Frank Merriwell's Bravery Burt L. Standish 1905

  • "I's tired playing all alone -- an 'I's hundry," said the sweet little voice.

    Frank Merriwell's Bravery Burt L. Standish 1905

  • The child was given some bread, and she proved that she was "awsul hundry" by the way she ate it.

    Frank Merriwell's Bravery Burt L. Standish 1905

  • "Me is hundry," announced Teddy, who began to think what with so much cooking going on it was about time for somebody to eat something.

    Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys 1871

  • "Me is hundry," announced Teddy, who began to think what with so much cooking going on it was about time for somebody to eat something.

    Little Men Louisa May Alcott 1860

  • Indeed I will say that, however fatigued, wet, hundry, or droughty I was, I never partook of any refreshment till my horse had every comfort the inn could afford.

    A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume II (of 2) Philip Thicknesse 1755

  • I touldn't find mamma, and I walked and walked, and I falled down and tored my dress, and I dot tired and awsul hundry, and I cwyed some, and nen I 'membered mamma told me it wasn't nice to cwy, and I walked again, and I heard somebody talkin', and I looked down and it was you. "

    Frank Merriwell's Bravery Burt L. Standish 1905

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