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- phrase archaic, regional Contraction of
on it .
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Examples
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"[D]on't think we can trade this with our clients [and] then mark them down dramatically the next day," Harvey Schwartz wrote in a May 11 email.
Goldman Sachs Ripped Off And Misled Clients, Senate Report Says 2011
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We, on the other hand, cannot resist the irony that the Frenchman, who hoped to play Prospero, ended up as Caliban: "You taught me language, and my profit on't is: I know how to curse."
If you're going to quote Shakespeare, make sure you get the right one | Observer editorial 2012
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For the record, Jeremy Browne explained his reasons in this piece over on't Voice.
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I don't understand why everyone keeps mentioning Dark City in connection with this movie, I on't get similar vibes at all...
Fan Reorders Inception Trailer Footage, Speculates on Plot | /Film 2010
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Others like Slate's Anne Applebaum say WikiLeaks has inadvertently struck a blow to "frank speech," adding, "d on't expect better government from these revelations, expect deeper secrets."
Michael G. Powell: Shadow Elite : WikiLeaks, FOIA and the Cultural Life of Government Secrecy Michael G. Powell 2010
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"Who wants to buy a product you d on't ever want to use?"
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[D] on't ask Washington to give shareholders and bondholders a free pass — they bet on management and they lost.
Mitt Romney For Auto Industry Czar* - Swampland - TIME.com 2008
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Others like Slate's Anne Applebaum say WikiLeaks has inadvertently struck a blow to "frank speech," adding, "d on't expect better government from these revelations, expect deeper secrets."
Michael G. Powell: Shadow Elite: WikiLeaks, FOIA and the Cultural Life of Government Secrecy Michael G. Powell 2010
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[D] on't ask Washington to give shareholders and bondholders a free pass — they bet on management and they lost.
Mitt Romney For Auto Industry Czar* - Swampland - TIME.com 2008
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She lost, things happen, everybody knows she is a fighter! but enough is enough. on't do it for you but for the American People, and for the sake of the party!!!!!!
minerva commented on the word on't
But I grow better and better every hour, I say: the doctor says not: but I am sure I know best: and I will soon be in London, depend on't.
Lovelace to Belford, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
January 1, 2008
minerva commented on the word on't
Contraction for on it.
January 1, 2008