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_Wee-wee-wee-wheetle-eetle-eetle-we-e-e_, shrilled the boatswains 'pipes, followed by the hoarse bellow of "Hands, 'bout ship!" and up came the men, hurrying to their several stations.
A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy Harry Collingwood 1886
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"Bawbie here winna believe me," continued Sandy, gien Mester Blair a wink, "but I've tell'd her twa-three times that when I've gane doon the yaird i 'the winter-time wi' my auld greatcoat -- it's gettin 'very green noo, but it was a bit guid stuff aince in its day -- the birds' ill come fleein 'doon an' sit on the palin 'aside me, an' wheetle-wheetle awa 'for a whilie.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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