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quit us and we kain
"Aaron," he said bluntly, "right numerous fellers air threatenin' ter quit us and we kain't spare a single hand.
— from A Pagan of the Hills by Charles Neville Buck

quite unnecessary as we knew
There was a soldier placed at the door with a drawn spado in his hand, to prevent our stirring out; [160] which was quite unnecessary, as we knew not where to go if we had been at liberty.
— from Byron's Narrative of the Loss of the Wager With an account of the great distresses suffered by himself and his companions on the coast of Patagonia from the year 1740 till their arrival in England 1746 by John Byron

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