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She had been nat - tered and intrigued by Handy's advance, and not at all dis - mayed by his erection, but she did not want to be a laughingstock.
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Ai rememember wen ai waz a kidd an mayed teh worlpool.
cream of tiger soup: - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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It mayed have its roots in things that have been going on for years, but this wasn't part of the recession we were counting on -- Wolf.
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She had been nat - tered and intrigued by Handy's advance, and not at all dis - mayed by his erection, but she did not want to be a laughingstock.
Unicorn Point Anthony, Piers 1989
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` Wher-of artow, 'quod Pandare, ` than a-mayed, 640
Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer
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I am the geyest mayed of all that brought the somer houme.
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"I am the geyest mayed of all that brought the somer houme," plainly has reference to the old practice, still prevalent in some parts of
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So when the queen had mayed, and all were bedecked with herbs, mosses, and flowers in the best manner and freshest, right then came out of a wood Sir Maleagans with eightscore men well harnessed, and bade the queen and her knights yield them prisoners.
The Age of Chivalry Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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So when the queen had mayed, and all were bedecked with herbs, mosses, and flowers in the best manner and freshest, right then came out of a wood Sir Maleagans with eightscore men well harnessed, and bade the queen and her knights yield them prisoners.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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As an American and Iowan, I am dis - mayed by Iowa House Rep. Dawn Petten - gill's proposal that lawmakers be forced to state "so help me God" when taking the oath of office.
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