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Quicksets — we are no upstarts, nor vorreigners, nor have we any Jewish blood in our veins; we have lived in this here neighbourhood time out of mind, as you all know, and possess an estate of vive thousand clear, which we spend at whoam, among you, in old English hospitality.
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Why, kissed thee, an 'takken thee oop in ma arms whoam to thy bed.
The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays Eugene O'Neill 1920
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"Wha's it matter to yo 'what time I come whoam?" he shouted.
Sons and Lovers 1913
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"I hope she'll be a-whoam by that time," said Morel.
Sons and Lovers 1913
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'Tha'lt rouse thysen up a bit again, now, Maggie,' the father-in-law said -- and then to me: '' ers not bin very bright sin 'Alfred came whoam, an' the bod flyed awee.
England, My England 1907
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"I hope she'll be a-whoam by that time," said Morel.
Sons and Lovers 1907
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"Wha's it matter to yo 'what time I come whoam?" he shouted.
Sons and Lovers 1907
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Science might say to you as the Staffordshire collier's wife said to her husband at the fair, "Get thee foighten done and come whoam."
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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Staffordshire collier's wife said to her husband at the fair, "Get thee foighten done and come whoam."
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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When tha art no fillin 'thy belly tha art generally either goin' to th 'Public, or comin' whoam.
That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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