a'ready

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"'E's more'n arf-gorn a'ready, a-'itting the jug every blessed stop."

CHAPTER 20 2010
"My goodness! — if I ain't all tired a'ready!" she panted.

Chapter 31 2010
I've corralled a hundred a'ready, an 'I figger to clear a hundred dollars clean on every hide of' em.

CHAPTER 10 2010
"If ye've worn Jamie out a'ready, I'll be happy t 'take' is place!" offered a short dark-haired youth.

Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
'Tis clear, though, I think, that if Dzenko ha 'a'ready begun wi' them, ithers may look for the same or fiercer erelang.

Hokas Pokas Anderson, Poul 1983
"Don't know where Ah'm t 'put more as is plenty here a'ready," muttered the drudge as Piemur followed him.

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979
"Don't know where Ah'm t 'put more as is plenty here a'ready," muttered the drudge as Piemur followed him.

Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979
"An 'says I: 'Cross Moore, if you put your fut across my threshold I'll sartain sure take the broom to you -- an' ye'll find _that's_ clenched, a'ready! '"

How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long
"He's a Cam'elite," said the Bishop dryly -- "ready to dispute a'ready" -- here the young Scruggs sent out a kick which caught the

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore
"Got a good many sheds built a'ready, I see," was the next remark the girl heard.

The Wind Before the Dawn Dell H. Munger