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  • I mean -- an 'thousan's of poun's' worth of wool goods sent out every week -- well-made goods, too, as every one will tell you.

    Sarah's School Friend May Baldwin

  • "We're standing to lose thousan's an 'thousan's of dollars," he told himself in disgust.

    Judith of Blue Lake Ranch Jackson Gregory 1912

  • "Lordy, chile, dey's thousan's, an 'thousan's er Yankees des over dat little hill dar -- dey'll kill every one er you all!"

    The Southerner A Romance of the Real Lincoln Thomas Dixon 1905

  • I've killed iliphants an 'tigers be th' hundherd, rescooed people fr'm dhrownin 'be th' thousan ', climbed up th' outside iv a burnin 'buildin' an 'come down with two or three fine-lookin' ladies in me arms, captured forts, charged armies, knocked out th 'wurruld's greatest pugilists with a punch, led revolutions, suppressed thim, an' done it all modestly an 'quietly.

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • The Intendant look up sharp and say, 'What! Two hunder' thousan 'francs!'

    The Seats of the Mighty, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Three hunder 'thousan' francs, and the time is up! '

    The Seats of the Mighty, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • I have earned, this way and that, all that I might ever get from the King's coffers -- even this three hunder 'thousan' francs, ten times told.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • I have earned, this way and that, all that I might ever get from the King's coffers -- even this three hunder 'thousan' francs, ten times told.

    The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 3 Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Three hunder 'thousan' francs, and the time is up! '

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • I have earned, this way and that, all that I might ever get from the King's coffers -- even this three hunder 'thousan' francs, ten times told.

    The Seats of the Mighty, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

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