Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Land; country; dwelling-place.
- noun [Partly confused with earth.] Earth.
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Examples
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"Ye'd best run back to yer fine fellow, Em. I 'eard' e 'as a nasty temper if crossed."
Once An Angel Medeiros, Teresa, 1962- 1993
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"I 'eard 'em comin', I did, but not quite soon enough."
The Day of the Dissonance Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984
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I know it wasn't a bloomin 'spook when I' eard 'e' adn't asked for a drink.
Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry A. Stanley Blicq
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(_Going towards the kitchen_) I 'eard' er 'ead must have been off at one stroke.
Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts Emlyn Williams 1946
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Mr. Marshall and gents, this morning I was on deck, and I over'eard 'im plotting to put up a game on you.
My Man Jeeves 1928
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I 'eard' im s'y 'e's wantin' a bit to show to one of the artill'ry blokes.
Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army James Norman Hall 1919
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"'Sides, m' lud, I 'eard' im talkin ''bout a lady to S' Mortimer!"
The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915
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He broke off, turning to the others; "you all 'eard' im call for a pint o 'ale?"
The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915
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"'E can talk like a little gentleman all right 'cause we' eard 'im."
Harding's Luck Edith 1909
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'But if you'd only' eard 'im when he found he was for the road again at once an' would spend 'is night in the rain an' dark instead of in bed -- well, I couldn't repeat 'is language, not' aving the talent to 'is extent.
Between the Lines Boyd Cable 1910
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