Example Sentences

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"We never have corned beef and cabbage here," she said, with a slight shudder.

From Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret by Alger, Horatio

Just as if I didn't know that your folks religiously have corned beef and cabbage every Thursday night, which is a favorite dish with your dad, likewise with a certain fellow of my acquaintance.

From The Chums of Scranton High Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight by Ferguson, Donald

I'm as hungry as a bear, fellows, and I happen to know our hired girl's going to have corned beef and cabbage for noon today.

From The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant by Ferguson, Donald

I decide to have corned beef and cabbage and peach short cake and nothing else.

From Vignettes of San Francisco by Bailey, Almira