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Des lay right dar an '' twont 'be long for yo' hear from me.
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Take me home, Maus Oscar, 'twont take much money to buy me now.
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P'r'aps '' twont be one ob de fine hous'n, but wont it be a comfible house, dat hain't no cracks, and one dat'll keep out de wind and de rain?
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore
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"'Twont do," says Mr. O'Meagher, shaking his head and fetching his pencil down upon the table with a smart tap, "'twont do at all."
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life Lemuel Ely Quigg
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An '' twont be for long, 'cause the man'll come for her mighty soon seemin'ly.
Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911
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"Lemme ketch you ergin at dat business, an '' twont be wuf while for Marse Chawles to baig for you."
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Clem, you and Con hop into bed with Larry while I wash yer underflannins; 'twont take long to dry' em.
The Birds' Christmas Carol Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889
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Clem, you and Con hop into bed with Larry while I wash yer underflannins; 'twont take long to dry' em.
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But 'twont be true very much longer, Garge, for I've a-got a ship upon my stocks now as'll beat the _Bonaventure_ every way and in all weathers.
The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Harry Collingwood 1886
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He commanded a brig in the South American trade after that, and would have made a mate of me, hut somehow I've got a weakness for grog that isn't very safe, and so he knows 'twont do.
The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast Maturin Murray Ballou 1857
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