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"forrit," rush to the waiting-room and bring out, for the third time, the whole expedition, to escort them back again with shame.
Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878
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Tehn we donut has ennee prufe yu R SJ, eksept teh cowpat an yur werd forrit…
not that i dont trust - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I gots campy celebrittees camping out on my lawn watiing forrit!
Can I eat her now? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The only excuse for that burst of egotism is that you asked forrit.
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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The only excuse for that burst of egotism is that you asked forrit.
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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The communion season approaches; how can you pronounce thir solemn words, “The elders will now bring forrit the elements,” and not quail?
Lay Morals 2005
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And quo 'they, "Whaur is he bidin that is ca'd King o' the Jews? for i 'the East we saw his starn, and are come forrit to worship him. "
01/01/2003 - 02/01/2003 John 2003
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Hak forrit! hark! ye gallant hounds, hark onwart, hark away.
The Kielder Hunt 1998
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Deacon -- save by sight and repute, as ane that disna spend, an 'isna verra sociable; yet he attends the Great Kirk, "comes forrit," does he not, to the Holy Table?'
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
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At this speech the Heelandman lost a 'patience, and lookit sae awfully fairce, that ance or twice I was on the nick of coming forrit, and explaining how matters really stood; but curiosity keepit me chained to the back shop, and I just thocht I would bide a wee, and see how the affair was like to end.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827 Various
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