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  • It made me think of Geordie's regret over the 'sinfu' waste. '

    Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks Ralph Connor 1898

  • Geordie despised the 'hale hypothick' as a 'daft ploy,' and the spending of five dollars upon a ticket he considered a 'sinfu' waste o 'guid siller'; and he warned

    Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks Ralph Connor 1898

  • o 'sinfu' souls anywhere between this an 'the day o' judgment.

    Thelma Marie Corelli 1889

  • "It's ay sinfu '," Davy moaned, lifting his head and watching them dance in the slanting rays of the sun.

    AT THE RAINBOW'S END 2010

  • WorldNetDaily: VP's lesbian caption ignites 'sinfu...

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  • It wad be fair sinfu 'no' ta tak a drop at sic a time as this.

    St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles

  • Then he added: "But maybe ye ken whether ye've got a sinfu 'heart or no."

    A Dominie in Doubt Alexander Sutherland Neill 1928

  • For a 'that he's nigh helpless i' the woods he was forever ying-yangin 'at me an' Mike for what he ca's sinfu 'pride in oor ain' persons.

    Burned Bridges Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

  • An 'for a' that he's the laddie that's here tae show the heathen -- thae puir, sinfu 'heathen, mind ye -- how tae find grace.

    Burned Bridges Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

  • —I am a sinfu’ woman; but if my curse brought it down, my blessing has taen it off!

    Chapter LV 1917

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