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Examples
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But, all th 'same, fact remains, ye cannot shtart in makin' th 'Force a laughin' stock by charrgin 'a man av Gully's position wid murdher -- widout mighty shtrong evidence tu back ut.
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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"But they'll murdher my boy when they find out the chate," said Mrs. Rooney.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909
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'But they'll murdher me,' sez I. 'Oh, no!' sez he, smilin 'behind av his ugly face.
Martin Hewitt, Investigator Arthur Morrison 1904
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[His ear catches an approaching teuf-teuf] Oh murdher! it's comin afther me: I hear the puff puff of it.
John Bull's Other Island George Bernard Shaw 1903
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An 'they conceal their grief Chris'mas mornin' an 'thry to look pleasant with murdher in their hearts.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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A man needs to be all iv thim things to detarmine annything about a murdher trile in these days.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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I've been mean enough to commit murdher without th 'strength even to kill a fly.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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Me uncle Mike, that was a handy man, was tol 'wanst he'd be sint to hell f'r his manny sins, an' he desarved it; f'r, lavin 'out th' wan sin iv runnin 'away fr'm annywan, he was booked f'r ivrything from murdher to missin' mass.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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Here's th 'inside news iv a cillybrated murdher thrile blossomin' out in th 'heat.
Mr. Dooley Says Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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'He'll be arrested f'r murdher,' says I. 'He will not,' says he.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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