brung
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It’s an awkward dance with a porcupine, especially if it was the porcupine who brung you to the dance in the first place.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
Sean, you gotta dance with the one who brung ya.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
Mr. Biden told the crowd, “We have an expression where I come from: You never forget those who brung you to the dance.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2020
No, it wasn’t “Newt Scamander only went to New York to find a Pulkmahjkk”, or “I brung bick Harry. U gladd. Me go wurcke now. No speak.”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2014
Mr. Travis brung that pointing stick down on top of his desk so hard it was a miracle the desk didn’t split clean in two!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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