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"An 'yander's the darned critter," he cried, spying old Topknot leisurely pecking about under a lilac bush, "a-feedin 'around ez complacent an' sati'fied ez ef I warn't a-settin 'hyar waitin' on her lazy bones!
In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885
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Dey's a easy way ter prove it: I kin lead de way right ter Henry's grave ober yander in de plantation buryin'-groun '.
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"Faith, sor, you haven't tould us yit how ye come by this wound in your leg, an 'about that poor chap in yander," he said to the colonel, nodding his head in the direction of Captain Applegarth's inner state cabin, where the French captain was lying in his cot.
The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin
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"Yo 'chillern' tend to yo 'bisness an' nemmine what gwine on over yander."
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Mister, if you want a drink o 'cider, you can get it at that are red house you see down yander.
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I lives des ober yander, behine de nex 'san'-hill, on de
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"Her ha'nt is settin 'ober yander on de udder side er de branch, unner dat willer tree, dis blessed minute."
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'Sides, we all's gwine way off yander, an' we can't 'pear _no ways_ 'spectable
Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers
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"Eber sence den," said Julius in conclusion, "Chloe's ha'nt comes eve'y ebenin 'en sets down unner dat willer tree en waits fer Jeff, er e'se walks up en down de road yander, lookin' en lookin ', en' [sic] waitin 'en waitin', fer her sweethea't w'at ain 'nebber, nebber come back ter her no mo'."
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Tower ye, yander is the kene, dup the gygger, and maund that is beneshype.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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