shouldna
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You’re makin’ poetry again, and you shouldna do the like o’ that foolishness.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
“Hoo shouldna he?” said the mother; “poor wise-lookin’ beast.
From The Domestic Cat by Stables, Gordon
“I’m thinking that way mysel’, but feyther is feared he will be spending money he shouldna spend.”
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
A gi'en horse shouldna be looked i' the mouth.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
And even if he shouldna, it would be a misery and a lifelong pain to him all the same.
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
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