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  • It woint oft he did that sooart o 'thing, but when he did he carried it on for a wick or a fortnit, an' altho 'his father had left a nice little farm for him an' his mother, yet it sooin dwindled to nowt, for what wi 'neglectin his wark, an' spendin a bit o 'brass, it wor like a cannel lit at booath ends, it sooin swealed up.

    Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

  • 'Brecknel and Turner's' flamed and swealed in profusion on the table; while every now and then an expiring lamp on the sideboards or brackets proclaimed the unwonted splendour of the scene, and added a flavour to the repast not contemplated by the cook.

    Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833

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