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Examples
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I 'low he's got a couple o' low down, onnery women 'long, an 'the Lord knows what devilment they all's got in thar heads.
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It's bad, for a man to quit dreaming; he gets mean and selfish and onnery.
The Winds of Chance Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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Tom's in the sere and yellow leaf: he's onnery. like all old men.
The Winds of Chance Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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But if gettin 'a good reputation is goin' to spoil your wind or legs any -- why, jest keep on bein 'onnery -- which Jim was tellin' me is called
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909
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And it seemed to Pete that that had been but yesterday -- "with a pretty onnery kind of a dream in between," he told himself.
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909
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He wat educated at that great onnery of learning MercbantTajrlors 'School, under the Aev.
Biographia dramatica, or, A companion to the playhouse: 1782
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Git in there, you doggone, onnery, three-legged pole-cat you! "
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909
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