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Examples
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'not real gen'lemen' -- and have been showing a tendency to act together against the rest of the people, and to form rings for the purpose of keeping shops empty or prices up.
A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900
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"If so be I didn't turn her on, yeou young gen'lemen 'ud be larnin' your book by candlelight."
Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling 1900
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They are as safe as safe, and you have got a regular stable for your ponies, quarters for us as Dan calls a snug forecastle and Peter says is a bothy, and as for yours, you gen'lemen's being up against that wall, why, it's splendid, only as I was telling the doctor, sir, I shan't feel quite happy till we've got an extra thatch on.
Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Yes, not bad for you gen'lemen's supper, gen'lemen, but Tot and those black fellows want something with more stay in it.
Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain George Manville Fenn 1870
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I don't know what the gen'lemen 'll do for chambers if things goes on as they're going. "
Phineas Finn Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1869
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I don't know what the gen'lemen 'll do for chambers if things goes on as they're going. "
Phineas Finn 1867
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I don't know what the gen'lemen 'll do for chambers if things goes on as they're going. "
Phineas Finn The Irish Member Anthony Trollope 1848
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June 13, 2009 at 2:47 pm yep! dats bout teh rite idear! ai ues da foodie prosesser tu do da mashin an add a bit of lemen juse wifs da suger when i maek mine. an i often put in da anise likuur, liek pernod. but wite wyne or tekeelah sounds nummy too!
And thats when he realized…. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Sometimes blogs are the only thing that gets me through the day as well. jen lemen on April 01, 2008
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Oh twuly iz teh majucle plwace. sine me up for lemen no lemming filled and 2 dz donut holwes. yippy
can’t believe - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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