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  • But thaa cornd mend it wi 'swearin' -- thaa nobbud makes bad worse by adding thy oaths to his roguery. '

    Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

  • o 'swearin' -- Why the whole parish is to switch the primer; many a thumb and coat-cuff will be kissed in spite of priest or magistrate.

    The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

  • They was a mixed lot; that we soon found out by their manner o 'swearin' as they slipped by the board, for although there was Moors among 'em, most of 'em was Frenchies or

    In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

  • The last we seen of the two of 'em, the captain was rowin 'after us an' swearin 'a blue streak.

    The Tale of a Tightwad 1916

  • Look at the people 'round us here -- livin' in this here row of tenements -- drinkin ', lying' swearin '.

    John Ward, Preacher Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901

  • He stopped, to keep from fallin 'in the gully, but stood there, shakin' his bare fist an 'swearin' that he'd kill us yet.

    In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901

  • '"He sez his name's Jungi, Sorr," sez I.'"Hould my harse," sez the Capt'n to his man, an 'wid that he gets down wid the whip an' lays into Jungi, just mad wid rage an 'swearin' like the scutt he was.

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • But ut begins again, a day later, meetin 'in holes an' corners an 'swearin' bloody oaths an 'shtickin' a man in the back an 'runnin' away, an 'thin waitin' for the blood-money on the reward papers -- to see if ut's worth enough.

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Well, as I was sayin ', we shtuck there breathin' in each other's faces an 'swearin' powerful; Orth'ris cursin 'the mother that bore him bekaze he was not three inches taller.

    Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • "'He sez his name's Jungi, sorr,' sez I."'Hould my harse,' sez the Capt'n to his man, an 'wid that he gets down wid the whip an' lays into Jungi, just mad wid rage an 'swearin' like the scutt he was.

    Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

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