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Examples
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An 'onc't when they was "company," an' ole folks was there,
The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902
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An 'onc't when there wuz a camp-meet'n' over in the Fox Camp neighborhood, what they useter have ever 'onc't a year, Loge he wuz there.
The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee 1895
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Now, there wuz Miss Mary, the oldest one; little John say Loge foun 'a guinea nes' onc't in the corner o 'the fur eend fence what divides their two plantations.
The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee 1895
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An 'onc't when they was "company," an' ole folks was there,
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) Various 1887
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An 'onc't when they was "company," an' ole folks was there,
Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library 1884
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(_Il a l'air_ -- he seems so.) "Bien, n'onc 'Sosthène, adjieu."
Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana George Washington Cable 1884
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An 'onc't, when they was "company," an' ole folks was there,
Riley Child-Rhymes James Whitcomb Riley 1882
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An 'onc't when they was "company," an' ole folks was there,
Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 Various 1865
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He was here maybe three days outfittin '-- a noice spoken ol' gintlemin, wid a gray beard, an 'onc't he showed me the locket -- be the powers, if it do be his, there's an openin' to it, an 'a picter inside. "
Keith of the Border Randall Parrish 1890
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My onc insisted on ooperectomy at age 39 after I was diagnosed with stage II er positive breast cancer.
Ovaries - If they're Normal, Leave them Alone aka TBTAM 2009
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