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'The' got 'gainst my turpentime raft -- th 'current driv 'em down, I s'pose.'
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"They got 'gainst my turpentime raft -- the curren 'driv 'em down, I s'pose."
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore
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He neber break, 'case de sebenfh dip am shet off, or' case de price of turpentime gwo down at de
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore
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'Cause, you see, massa, de turpentime business hab made great profits for sum yars now, and de Cunnel hab been gettin 'rich bery fass.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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'Kin it stop the turpentime from running?' he triumphantly cried.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Uncle Nate Gowdey, who talked of paintin 'his house over, wanted me to ask the President what kind of paint he used on the White House, and if he put in any sperits of turpentime.
Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician Marietta Holley 1881
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"Thet's my 'pinion; but I reckon I kin' manage now witheout turpentime.
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore
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"'Cause, you see, massa, de turpentime business hab made great profits for sum yars now, and de Cunnel hab been gettin 'rich bery fass.
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore
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"Oh! yas; I've heern tell on it: that's whar the Cunnel sells his turpentime.
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore
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