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Examples
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Its really porely written and boring ... yes it could have been great, but it sucks.
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Sew the joak is Wot du yoo corl a porely octopuss?
Classics: now with favorite buttons! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Mai cuzN loast a lubbly mommakat tew a porely cuvrd swimNpool… Ai undrstadn teh shock.
shun!!1! shun the non believer! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And the monkes ben Arrabyenes, or men of Greece: and there is a grot covent; and alle thei ben as heremytes; and thei drynken no wyn, but zif it be on principalle festes: and thei ben fulle devoute men, and lyven porely and sympely, with joutes84 and with dates: and thei don gret absteynence and penaunce.
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And the monkes ben Arrabyenes, or men of Greece: and there is a grot covent; and alle thei ben as heremytes; and thei drynken no wyn, but zif it be on principalle festes: and thei ben fulle devoute men, and lyven porely and sympely, with joutes530 and with dates: and thei don gret absteynence and penaunce.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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I married then I cooked and washed and ironed till I got so porely I can't do much no more.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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It was about two years after de War, and old Master been mighty porely all de time.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Work Projects Administration
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"Yes, ma'am, she's livin ', but she is mighty porely."
The Pleasant Street Partnership A Neighborhood Story Mary F. Leonard
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It informed him that old Spicer South had been "mighty porely," but was now better, barring the breaking of age.
The Call of the Cumberlands Charles Neville Buck 1904
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"He's mighty porely," replied the other, in a sullen voice.
The Call of the Cumberlands Charles Neville Buck 1904
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