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Ye see I want them gangin throuw the heather wi' Steenie; that's some sair upo the feet.
From Heather and Snow by MacDonald, George
"Hoots, Isy, my dauty," he said, when she would fain have continued her work, "wad ye mak a slave-driver o' me, and bring disgrace upo the name o' father?"
From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George
He del it some hopium drab to hatch adöi, and tooled his solivengro upo the purgis.
From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey
I'm no blamin Jeemie, Lord; I'm no cryin oot upo him; for ye ken weel hoo little I ken aboot him: he never opened the buik o' his hert to me!
From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George
"I telled ye she would never tell upo me!—Hed she ony siller?"
From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George
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