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Examples
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(I can tell a Texan accent from a Minnesotan, and you can probably tell I'm Canadian by my nasal "oots.")
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(I can tell a Texan accent from a Minnesotan, and you can probably tell I'm Canadian by my nasal "oots.")
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He kens a 'the oots an' ins o 'Valiparaiso, but michty little aboot
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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Jimmy 'owl! "he ejaculated testily, in a low tone --" an' thim ki-oots! ... beggars all seem to be givin 'us th' ha! ha! as if they knew.
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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I took him wi's juist to explain the match, d'ye see, an 'aboot the bats an' wickets, an 'sic like, an' so on, because I'm no 'juist acquant wi' a 'the oots an' ins o 'the thing.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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Kah-oots was supposed to be one of the deities of Seshaht mythology.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island Alfred Carmichael 1918
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"I allus like to see the ins and oots o 'things," he observed, with a twinkle in his eye, and the pot to his mouth.
A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892
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I telt her she was ower keen to come away with all the ins and oots aboot the constables coming to Wy'bern yesterday.
The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Hall Caine 1892
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"Mind as you're not ower keen at seein 'the ins and oots o' that pewter."
A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892
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_ Ah, and I'll 'ave to' ave they bo-oots on agen, too.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 3, 1892 Various 1876
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