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Examples
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"To-morrow we'll be on the 'ragin' canawl,"'said Grant.
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"Perhaps he means what my grandfather used to call the 'ragin' canawl '," suggested Grant.
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An 'when Drunken Bet's makin' a row an 'ragin' an 'tearin' an 'threatenin' to 'ave' er eyes out of 'er fice, she ses, ` Lor, Bet, yer don't mean a word of it -- yer a friend to every woman in the' ouse. '
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''Tis far nobler,' he says, 'to purrish on th' ragin 'main,' he says,
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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An 'when Drunken Bet's makin' a row an 'ragin' an 'tearin' an 'threatenin' to 'ave' er eyes out of 'er fice, she ses,' Lor, Bet, yer don't mean a word of it -- yer a friend to every woman in the 'ouse.'
The Dawn of a To-morrow Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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'Ye do look fine, an' na mistake, when ye're jest ablaze wi 'ragin', 'he laughed bluntly, lowering his face to hers.
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship Anthony Trollope 1848
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"Manny's th 'man on a throne wishes his father'd brought him up a cooper, what with wages bein' docked be parlymints an 'ragin' arnychists r-runnin 'wild with dinnymite bombs undher their ar-rms an' carvin'-knives in their pockets.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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"But wan day th 'ship settled down steady, an' ragin 'stummicks with it; an' th 'Roscommon man shakes himself, an' says, 'To' ell with th '
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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"All ye have to do is to tell him there's land on th 'other side iv th' ragin 'flood an' he'll say: 'All right, I'll take a look at it.'
Mr. Dooley Says Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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'I can't do it, Bill,' I whisper back, hangin 'onto'm like a brother an' the referee ragin 'an' draggin 'at us to get us apart, an' all the wolves in the house snarlin '.
CHAPTER X 2010
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