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  • "Don't think dis marrin 'ob whites wid blacks should be' lowed en think eve'y culor should stay ter hits-sef."

    Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration

  • Seems Mrs. Marston had been doin 'some great tricks with the twins, not only keepin' 'em from marrin 'the furniture, but teachin' 'em all kinds of knowledge and improvin 'their table manners, until it was almost safe to have 'em down to luncheon now and then.

    Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

  • Pansy saved herself from falling over backwards by a supreme effort, scrubbed her hair out of her eyes with a very wet hand, and gave him "Good-marrin ', Misther Dooncan," in a brogue as rich as you could wish for.

    The Fortune Hunter Louis Joseph Vance 1906

  • The wolf and the dog be now fightin 'agin' the door, and she thinks they's handy to breakin 'in, and it makes her a bit shaky in the hands, and she makes a slip and the rifle he goes off bang! makin' that hole there marrin 'the timber above the windy.

    The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901

  • I will go an 'get dhrunk,' sez I, 'an' forget about ut, for 'tis plain I'm not a marrin 'man.'

    Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • I don't see, Squire Deacon, but he's as good at mendin 'as you be at marrin'.

    Say and Seal, Volume I Susan Warner 1852

  • She's a bit scared, sir, and shakin 'in th' hands, and she makes a slip, and th 'rifle, he goes off, bang! and th' bullet makes that hole marrin 'th' timber above th 'windy. "

    The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell Dillon Wallace 1901

  • I will go an 'get dhrunk, "sez I," an' forget about ut, for 'tis plain I'm not a marrin 'man. "

    Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • I will go an 'get dhrunk, "sez I," an' forget about ut, for 'tis plain I'm not a marrin 'man. "

    Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

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