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every rule of dormitory etiquette dashed
She transgressed every rule of dormitory etiquette, dashed for [67] the bathroom instead of waiting her due turn, dumped her belongings on to other people's chairs, spread the center table with her papers, fidgeted during study hours, and in various ways made herself objectionable.
— from The Jolliest School of All by Angela Brazil

en roun out dar en dodgin
En bimeby, out she flip, en I boun' she grittin' 'er toofies en gwine 'roun' en 'roun' out dar, en dodgin' en flippin' des lak de elements wuz full er rafters en cobwebs.
— from Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris


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