"hdgdd" hidden in books

hard drinker gin drinker dram

drunkard, sot, toper, tippler, bibber[obs3], wine-bibber, lush; hard drinker, gin drinker, dram drinker; soaker*, sponge, tun; love pot, toss pot; thirsty soul, reveler, carouser, Bacchanal, Bacchanalian; Bacchal[obs3], Bacchante[obs3]; devotee to Bacchus[obs3]; bum*
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

had dun got de dishes

"I had dun got de dishes washed up an' was fixin' to go to bed when I 'lowed that a little swim in de gulf would make me sleep a sight better.
— from The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters or, The Perils and Dangers of the Fishing Fleet by Wilmer M. (Wilmer Mateo) Ely

Havre de Grace Del do

1912 Cumberland, by stage, 131 2043 Hancocktown, Md., rail-road 39 2082 Williamsport, Md., do 27 2109 Frederickstown, Md., do 27 2136 Poplar, Md., do 20 2156 Ellicott's, Md., do 17 2173 Baltimore, Md., do 10 2183 Havre de Grace, Del., do 31 2214 Wilmington, Del., do 36 2250 Philadelphia, Pa., do 26 2276 New York, (see route 2.) 88 2364 Route 4. —
— from Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Benjamin Moore Norman

he did go down daily

He had no rights that the herd of children among whom he was thrown felt bound to respect; and if he were not able to maintain his rights, he must go down helplessly, and he did go down daily, often hourly.
— from Cast Adrift by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

how dey got dar de

Yas, Lawd, an’ ’fo’ enybody know how dey got dar, de place wus right full er Sparrers.”
— from Bypaths in Dixie: Folk Tales of the South by Sarah Johnson Cocke

home department G D Dietrick

G D The Duke du Chatelet, colonel of the French guards G R Le Brun, ex-minister of the home department G D Dietrick, mayor of Strasbourg
— from Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death by Henry Goudemetz

he d gone down dere

I went back down de ribber, fer I 'lowed he 'd gone down dere lookin' fer me.
— from The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt

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