'cept
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“Ah dunno, ’cept yuh never mentioned it befo’, ” Georgia replies.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
"Nobody's gonna beat Liston 'cept old age," said Joe Louis.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Sheesh, your daddy is the stickenist pa I ever heard of. Seems like you can’t do nothin’ fun, Hiram, ’cept fish and go out to work on your grandaddy’s fields.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
“Jest one—from Shad. Nobody gits to read it ’cept Jenny.”
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
“Yore pa wrote Tom and me about it. Tom tried to pretend he didn’t keer, but I know he did. He cried oncet—I wouldn’t tell that ’cept now it’s no matter.”
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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