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Examples
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Some o 'them,' specially down in the gullies, got lazy an 'shif'less.
The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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Seemed so their morals grew fat an 'flabby an' shif'less an 'in need of exercise.
Keeping up with Lizzie Irving Bacheller 1904
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o 'shif'less -- couldn't git nothin' ahead, an 'didn't keer putickalar.
The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Wayne Whipple 1899
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He can't pay overtime or afford to hire, so he split shifts with six people divided over three shifts, two per shif.
Tool Firms Seek U.S. Aid Kris Maher 2010
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He can't pay overtime or afford to hire, so he split shifts with six people divided over three shifts, two per shif.
Tool Firms Seek U.S. Aid Kris Maher 2010
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He can't pay overtime or afford to hire, so he split shifts with six people divided over three shifts, two per shif.
Tool Firms Seek U.S. Aid Kris Maher 2010
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Tew maik matterz eben wurse dey standing dere lying rite tew hour faises ‘o, wii nawt konsidering any wurk forse reduckshun rite naow, onlee teh furlow’ an den laiter in teh shif wii finds owt 6 peeps bein let goe!
..and after cruely - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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OAR – ornjj kitteh luking MUCH laik mai Barney cud shif to teh tablol and sit rite betwen teh keebord an teh screen – maeking it nawt pawssibul to see waht iz being taiped – OAR he can streeeeeeeettttccchh out in teh sayme plaice an jentlee p u s h teh keebord auf teh tablol!
Im on your chairs… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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August 3, 2009 at 6:50 am wurl, acauz ai wurks teh ebening shif (pleh) ai doan haz tyme tew wach teewee durin teh weekweekweek sew ai jus haz tew lowist teer (ie cheepist) cable serbice ai cahn gits. ai onlee waches awn weekendz sew iz otay. ai spends mush moar tyme awn teh puter aneehoo.
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A power shif in Washington, and a shift favoring the White House.
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