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made em call him a naughty
When Pa came into the house, Ma asked him what he was saying to those strange women that made 'em call him a naughty man, and Pa looked awful worried and wouldn't tell her.
— from Anderson Crow, Detective by George Barr McCutcheon

men ever came home at night
Still I must confess this, that, so far as I know, no English division of fifteen thousand men ever came home at night with more than five thousand prisoners.
— from The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon by Newell Dwight Hillis

Mr Eure confessed himself a native
Afterward Mr. Eure confessed himself a native of New England.
— from A Man in the Open by Roger Pocock

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