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She used to say, 'A house will keep, whether you weed it or not, but that-air yard will get away from you in the bat of an eye. '
Archive 2007-06-01 Linda 2007
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She used to say, 'A house will keep, whether you weed it or not, but that-air yard will get away from you in the bat of an eye. '
Miss Mattie Lou: A Follower of Christ Linda 2007
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And there set Wes, a-balancin 'a checker-man above the board, a-studyin' whur to set it, and a-fillin 'in the time with that-air whistle.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887
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"An 'look at that-air ladder made out'n rags, Sister Hotchkiss," says old Mrs. Damrell; "what in the name o 'goodness could he ever want of --"
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Look at that-air grindstone, s'I; want to tell me't any cretur 't's in his right mind 's a goin' to scrabble all them crazy things onto a grindstone, s'I?
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Sh-she, look at that-air rag ladder, sh-she; 'n' s'I, yes, look at it, s'I -- what could he a-wanted of it, s'I.
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A mighty big debt fer that-air little weak-chested ghost o 'mine to pack
Riley Songs of Home James Whitcomb Riley 1882
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A-leggin 'fer me, heart and soul, on that-air pension bill,
Songs of Friendship James Whitcomb Riley 1882
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W'y, that-air blame Jap Miller, with his keen sircastic fun,
Green Fields and Running Brooks, and Other Poems James Whitcomb Riley 1882
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"An 'look at that-air ladder made out'n rags, Sister Hotchkiss," says old
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 36 to The Last Mark Twain 1872
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