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July 21, 2009 at 4:34 am den ai will twies 1 to free foar *dramaticlol pawse* faif!
frank discovers - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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"Buy one, gentlemen, and see what they're like, so as the 'bookies' can't pawse 'em on ye unawares!"
The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892
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"If tha doesn't tak thysen aght o 'this haase," sed his uncle, "awl pawse thi aght, for tha's made moor bother sin tha coom in nor enuff."
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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Sometimes bi th 'way ov a change, he'll pawse th' table ower, an 'braik as mony pots as it'll tak a gooid part ov a week's wage to replace, an' at last, after makin 'iverybody abaght him miserable, he'll goa to bed lukin' as black as a mule an 'sleep woll mornin', when (unless he's ova bad sooart) he'll feel reight daan shamed ov hissel, an 'set to wark to put things reight agean.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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Broddington, "its nooan sich a easy task as tha seems to fancy, for when awm i 'bed aw sleep like a stooan, an soa if aw dooant get up at once tha mun pawse th' door wol aw do."
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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"O, awl pawse it niver fear, awl wakken thi afoor aw leave off, tha may bet thi front teeth o 'that."
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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Then, as is customary, he brought together the front row to set out his ground rules for the engagement process: "I wan' croche, tooche, pawse, ongarge!"
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Giue me some litle breath, some pawse, deare Lord,
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I yuzed to drife mah momma crazee cuz I wuz never, never allowd to say teh nawty wurds, so I’d say teh firts four liens and then pawse and finsih, “And Im shure I dont noe how he manijes.”
Global Bukkit surch Pellican - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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After puttin his bait on th 'floor an th' cannel ith far corner, he'd begin chirpin an huntin under th 'barrels an all abaat to see if ther wor a rat, but as he seldom fan one, when he thowt he'd carried it on long enuff, he'd set up a gurt shaat, "It's here! it's here!" an pawse th' cannel ovver with his fooit, an as they couldn't tell where it might be they all flew off skrikin, leavin 'Sam to quietly pool his "owd forrester," as he called him, aght ov his pocket an lap it up ith net an come aght holdin' it at arms 'length.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
hernesheir commented on the word pawse
(v): to agitate clothes in soapy water to clean them. Cf. poss. Hence, n. pawser, a device for agitating clothes in wash water. One version of the pawser, frequently encountered in antique shops, consists of a short broomstick-like handle with a tin or copper cone affixed to the business end. Plunging the device up and down in the washtub agitates the clothes in the water.
January 17, 2009