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And they addled, (or ere the cry of their tongues would be uptied dead) Shufflebotham asidled, plus his ducks fore his drills, an inlay of a liddle more lining maught be licensed all at ones, be these same tokens, for-giving a brass rap, sneither a whole length nor a short shift so full as all were concerned.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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And we'd make the most elegant match as ever was maught.
The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902
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I know nout o 'sich a place, though' appen I maught a 'bin there; Knowl, ye ca't.
Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843
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LARAMIE - Wyoming men's basketball coach Heath Schroyer says Amath M'Baye (A-maught, M-Bay) has been cleared to play by the NCAA.
billingsgazette.com 2009
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I know nout o’ sich a place, though ‘appen I maught a’ bin there; Knowl, ye ca’t.
Uncle Silas 2003
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