spik
Britishnoun
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He is a great man—I dunno not; but he spik at me like dis, ‘Is dere sick, and cripple, and stay-in-bed people here dat can’t get up?’ he say.
From Northern Lights by Gilbert Parker
But jus' as he spik, he turn roun' quick, An' dere on de front, sir, stan' de Man.
From The Voyageur and Other Poems by Frederick Simpson Coburn
"Some day, when you haf learned to spik the French as the English, you will be glad that you haf persevered."
From Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore by Pauline Lester
Oh, yase, you vas more bad dan one vool, Mister Vlinders; I vas vatch yous ze whole of ze voyage, and I spik vat I zink and vat I zees!”
From The Island Treasure by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey
‘Tony,’ she said, ‘do you spik any language besides Angleesh?’
From Jerry by Jean Webster
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