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  • Is there any more play that ye call wurruk which I can do fur the likes of ye? "

    The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878

  • To which the spokesman of the Foreign Legion, fully understanding the beauty of his position, replied, with a sly twinkle of the eye, "We didn't engage to 'list at all, at all, but to wurruk on the railroad."

    Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens

  • “Go wan wi 'yer wurruk, ye idlers!” he suddenly commanded the others.

    Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916

  • I wurruk f'r exercise an 'I get what th' lawyers call an honoraryium be dilutin 'th' spirits.

    The Pursuit of Riches 1906

  • I've always looked on it as dishon'rable to wurruk f'r money.

    The Pursuit of Riches 1906

  • We don't wurruk on the Sawbeth day in Sawbeth Volley.

    The City of Fire Grace Livingston Hill 1906

  • "Pick up Tim's musket behind you there and get to wurruk!"

    The Long Roll Mary Johnston 1903

  • Be th 'same process iv raisonin' be deduction, I can tell ye that ye were home las 'night in bed, that ye're on ye'er way to wurruk, an' that ye'er salary is two dollars a day.

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • But I wud kick th 'book or pa-aper out iv ye-er hand, an' grab ye be th 'collar, an' cry 'Up, Hinnissy, an' to wurruk! 'f'r I'd know ye were loafin'.

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • Sure, I s'pose th 'raison a rich man can't undherstand why wages shud go higher is because th' rich can't see why annybody shud be paid f'r annything so amusin 'as wurruk.

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

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