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  • An 'then he went on to explain thet he would like to have anybody present _thet was competent to do it_ to step forward an' examine him -- then an 'there.

    Sonny, a Christmas Guest Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886

  • It ur also likely enuf, I reckun, thet the party must 'a seed the hoss; an it ur likely agin thet nobody wa'nt a gwine to see _thet_ hoss, wi 'the gurl stropped down 'long his hump-ribs,' ithout bein 'kewrious enuf to take arter' im.

    The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850

  • And I give my word thet I'd hev him thar tomorrow mornin '.

    Caesar Rodney's Ride Henry Fisk Carlton

  • Yestiddy I heerd you called thet name in a barroom.

    To the Last Man Zane Grey 1905

  • Nix ar 'a word thet causes sorrer an' suffering ter scores 'n' scores o 'people, more or less -- generally more uv less than less o' more -- an 'tharfore I nevyer feel it my duty, as a Christyun, ter set a bad example w'ich others may foller. "

    Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Edward L. Wheeler

  • "Yer don't call thet a hoss yer a-straddlin ', I hope?"

    Ted Strong's Motor Car Edward C. Taylor

  • You see, while Sonny's thoughts is purty far-reachin 'in some ways, he's received his education so sort o' hit an 'miss thet the things he knows ain't to say catalogued in his mind, an' while he'll know one fac ', maybe he won't be able to recall another thet seems to belong hand in hand with it.

    Sonny, a Christmas Guest Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886

  • I’ve just received word thet the Durex fectory en Auckland has burned to the ground.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » A Sweet Jane alt-hist challenge! 2010

  • He _did_ -- so th 'nigs say, an' I reckon the 'tells th' truth; an 'thet's whot nary loryer kin do ef he try; so ye sees, a

    The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

  • "Sartain, sartain; and, see here, my boy: I'm free to say I've urged ye to go, fur I need a clipper-built little feller like you; but I say naow, ef I hed as good a sister's you've got, I'd think twicet afore I went agin her, an 'thet's the truth."

    Sara, a Princess Fannie E. Newberry

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