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Ree  v. t.  To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.)






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... phwat'll ye be doin'? Peelin' praties fer that dommed pisener in th' kitchen. Ye've only been laid up t'ree days an' talk av goin' to wor-rk. Man! Av Oi was lucky enough to git squose loike that, Oi'd make ut lasht a month av Oi had to pour ink on me foot to kape ...
— The Promise - A Tale of the Great Northwest • James B. Hendryx

... north to the south, we meet with the following names, which the smaller letters show to have been intended to indicate subordinate parts of Eendrachtsland: Jac. Rommer Revier [*****], Dirck Hartogs ree, F. Houtmans aebrooleus and Dedells lant. What is more, Keppler's map also exhibits ...
— The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 • J. E. Heeres

... cut dem in t'ree part, so—un, deux, trois, bien! You mek' you' weesh wid all you' heart, bien! Yaas, I ...
— The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories • Alice Dunbar

... if you no lak I leek heem, ust you yoomp in und I lat heem run goot for two, t'ree mile. Dot ...
— The Eye of Dread • Payne Erskine

... approached, Edward heard rude sounds of merriment, amongst which the joining of many voices in a "ree-raw" chorus indicated that a carouse ...
— Handy Andy, Vol. 2 - A Tale of Irish Life • Samuel Lover

... said. "Me sell zem at ze marche the morning. Fine poulets, goot poulets, not yet strong—wait one, two, 'ree days—be strong for one grand dinner ...
— The Adventures of Herr Baby • Mrs. Molesworth

... John L. Sullivan,' he says. 'Ye shall not, Billy O'Brien,' he says, 'crucify th' voters iv th' Sixth Ward on th' double cross,' he says. He spoke to a meetin' in Deerin' Sthreet in th' same wurads. He had th' sthreet-car stopped while he coughed up ree-marks about th' Constitution, until th' bar-rn boss sint down an' threatened to discharge Mike Dwyer that was dhrivin' wan hundherd an' eight in thim days, though thransferred to Wintworth Avnoo later on. He made speeches to polismin in th' squadroom ...
— Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War • Finley Peter Dunne

... haul de inalienable oats? Dey weigh like Sam Hill, an' sixty bushel at dat allowance ain't goin' to last t'ree weeks here. An' dere's de winter hay for ...
— The Day's Work, Volume 1 • Rudyard Kipling

... is dat you say?" he exclaimed, with well-feigned surprise; "von yoong man carried avay by Ridskins. I saw'd dem! Did pass dem not longe ago. T'ree mans carry von man. I t'ink him a sick comrade, but now I reklect hims face ...
— Twice Bought • R.M. Ballantyne

... but nearer right than you imagine," chuckled Houten. "I haf been in communication with Hendrik unt his mans effer since t'ree days ago, mine friendt. I pring opp mine launch as a part ouf a plan, unt it vas goot, ja? I toldt you it vas goot. Now schleep. I am heavy ...
— Gold Out of Celebes • Aylward Edward Dingle

... downstairs—she'd been studyin' for an examination—an' the man tells her who he was, an' she says he had ought to have took proper care of his own flesh and blood while he had it by him, an' not to think he could ree-claim it when it suited. He says somethin' or other, but she looks him up an' down, front an' backwent, an' she just tongues him scadderin' out o' doors, and he went away stuffin' all the papers back into his hat, talkin' most abusefully. Then she come back an' freed her ...
— A Diversity of Creatures • Rudyard Kipling

... al la budo. La hundo saltadis antauxen al sxi, sed la cxeno tiris lin ree malantauxen, li sxiris fortike je la cxeno, sed gxi estas pli forta ol li kaj ne lasas lin. La juna frauxlino pasxis al Oje kaj elteniginte sian malgrandan blankan maneton, sxi karesadis lin. La hundo frenezigxis ...
— The Esperantist, Vol. 1, No. 4 • Various

... she, sternly. "Don't let me hear another word out of you. The idea! Just as soon as she thinks you're safely married to some one who can give that child a home she up and tries to get rid of her. The shameless thing! No, sir-ree! She can't shuffle her brat off on me. Not ...
— What's-His-Name • George Barr McCutcheon

... he. 'What's that?' says O'Toole. 'Did ye inlist in th' army, brave man?' says Pat. 'I swore him over age,' says I. 'Was ye dhrafted in?' says th' little man. 'No,' says O'Toole. 'Him an' me was in th' same cellar,' says I. 'Did ye iver hear iv Ree-saca, 'r Vicksburg, 'r Lookout Mountain?' th' little man wint on. 'Did anny man iver shoot at ye with annything but a siltzer bottle? Did ye iver have to lay on ye'er stummick with ye'er nose burrid in th' Lord ...
— Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen • Finley Peter Dunne

... myself to the last degree by trying to find out what I meant. You know that at length I gave it up, and declined to guess any more. Then how can I possibly give you the answer that I have not discovered? The old nursery form runs, "Riddle-me-riddle-me-ree, p'raps you can't tell me what this may be?" My reply runs, "No. Upon my life, ...
— Our Mutual Friend • Charles Dickens

... all same fool. She wantchee makee talkee talk. She have got velly long tongue, makee bad woman. She say one piecee Japan man makee stay here t'ree night. See? She say what makee good one piecee Japan man makee good one piecee English man. See? No have got topside, all same bottomside have got. Master, this no b'long my pidgin—this b'long woman pidgin, and woman b'long all same fool." T'ong ...
— Across China on Foot • Edwin Dingle

... puttin' on airs 'cause I won't drink with you? No, sir-ree. There isn't a man I'd drink with ...
— Joe's Luck - Always Wide Awake • Horatio Alger, Jr.

... lodgings to let you've got to have some one to keep 'em tidy. There's a good bit o' money there for an able body. If the furnishings is what she ree-presents and you'd conseeder takin' me in on shares—I ...
— Little Miss By-The-Day • Lucille Van Slyke

... 83 [ {os apergmenos ree}: the MSS. mostly have {os apergmenos reei}, in place of which I have adopted the correction of Stein. Most other Editors read {os apergmenos peei} (following a few inferior MSS.), "the bend of the Nile which flows ...
— The History Of Herodotus - Volume 1(of 2) • Herodotus

... Oh, yes, reelistic.... (Reading) "'I see you mean to set up among that class of people who pree-tend to dee-spise ornyment,' scornfully ree-marked Mrs. Vane. 'It is the ree-finement of aff-affectation, ...
— Night Must Fall • Williams, Emlyn

... few leaves of the "wee-ree" (CALOPHYLLUM INOPHYLUM) into a loose bundle, which is gently lowered into the diminishing pool, in which he then bathes; but all are presupposed to observe the clouds, so that the chances of the non-professional being able to blaspheme because of non-success are remote. Tom slightly ...
— My Tropic Isle • E J Banfield

... garbage; I be back one, two, t'ree," and away straddled the black monster along the passage. Turning suddenly, before he was aware, into another avenue, leading apparently far into the interior, Gregory was left once more in total darkness. He heard the sound of retreating footsteps, but not a glimmer was visible, ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby

... of my discourse is this here partial information concernin' what I seen—or rather what I run onto durin' my crool flight from my ree-lentless persecutors. ...
— Police!!! • Robert W. Chambers

... reckon tha' might be right scarce and he haster be kinder sparing with them. I calculate you'd like to have a hatful of them balls, leastwise most folks would; cause the Wild Hunter don't use no common low-flung lead for his bullets, no-sir-ree bob-horsefly! Tain't good 'nuff for a high-cock-alorum like him—he shoots balls ...
— The Black Wolf Pack • Dan Beard

... Riddle-me riddle-me riddle-me-ree, Perhaps you can tell what this riddle may be: As deep as a house, as round as a cup, And all the king's horses can't draw ...
— The Little Mother Goose • Anonymous

... boots, a new shirt, bottle Hoyt's cologne and rigs myself out and goes 'round and ask her to marry me. Her name Ida Benjamin. Did her fall for me right away? Did her take me on fust profession and confession lak de Lord did? No sir-ree bob! Her say: 'I got to go to school some more, I's too young. Got to see papa and mama 'bout it. Wait 'til you come nex' time and I'll tell you.' I was confused then, I gits up, gives her de cologne bottle, and mounts ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves • Works Projects Administration

... av th' Interurban Ixpriss Company,'" he read. "'On an' after this date all imployees av this company will use, in their correspondince, and in all other official business, the follyin' list av t'ree hunderd words. By order of th' prisidint.' Sure!" he said. "'Under penalty av dismissal from th' service av th' company,' as ...
— Mike Flannery On Duty and Off • Ellis Parker Butler

... (literally, ear not to hear) Mimmee chee karung. Deep Fookassa. Deity (the Indian God Boudha) Boosa (Chinese). Dice Sheego roocoo. Dice, to play with Sheego roocoo ochoong. Die, to Nintoong. Dig, to, up the ground Oochoong. ——, potatoes Moo noo kee sauteeyoong. Directly (by and by) Atookar'ree, or Atookara. Dive, to, under water Seenoong. Dog Ing. Dog barks I'nnoo nachoong. Don't stir (said to a person rising to Wfay'sa[41]. depart) Door Hasbirree. Draw, to, a picture Ee-katchoong[42]. ————- blood ...
— Account of a Voyage of Discovery - to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island • Captain Basil Hall

... long, laborious descent from sennutra malsupreniro de la the mountain-top almost without montpinto jam ne necesis, kaj la food was now no longer needful, hejmvojagxo trans la ebenajxo and on the home journey across prosperis, tiel ke Namezo staris the plain all went well, so that baldaux ree en la patrina dometo. Namezo soon stood again in his La vilagxanoj kunvenis amase kaj mother's[1] cottage. The villagers multe demandis pri lia vojagxo, flocked in crowds[2] and asked cxar neniu el ili estis iam tiel many questions about his journey, malproksimen foririnta ...
— International Language - Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar • Walter J. Clark

... "No, sir-ree! For you it's dieting, now and from now on. You may be able to relax your diet in time, but you can never altogether forego it. Give us this day our daily diet—that's your proper prayer. And you'd better start praying ...
— One Third Off • Irvin S. Cobb

... ree a riddle made; who wants the vain duality? Is not myself enough for me? what need of "I" ...
— The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi • Richard F. Burton

... "Well sir-ree, folks could do if the young ones would. Young folks don't have no consideration for the old wore-out parents. They dance and drink it bodaciously out on Saturday ebening and about till Sunday night. I may be wrong but I sees it thater way. Whan we get old we get helpless. ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - Volume II. Arkansas Narratives. Part I • Work Projects Administration

... doni. Affray batigxo. Affright timigi. Affront insulto. Afloat flose, nagxe. Afraid timigita. Aft posta parto. After post. Aftermath postfojno. Afternoon posttagmezo. Afterwards poste. Again ree. Against kontraux. Agate agato. Age agxo. Aged maljuna. Agency agenteco. Agenda memorlibro. Agent agento. Aggrandize pligrandigi. Aggrandisement pligrandigo. Aggravate plimalbonigi. Aggression atako. Aggressor atakanto. Aghast terurega. Agile facilmova. Agitate ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes

... Antigua, was a carpenter in St. John's, who as he reeled by, stared in our faces and mumbled out his sentence of condemnation against wine bibbers, "—Gemmen—you sees I'se a little bit drunk, but 'pon honor I only took th—th-ree bottles of wine—that's all." It was "Christmas times," and doubtless the poor man thought he would venture for once in the year to copy the example of ...
— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society

... from men who can protect me by saying one word! I ain't going to stand all this riddle-come-ree business! Flat down, now, ...
— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day

... on my watch," said the Captain to Wilbur, "and I will assoom the ree-sponsibility of ...
— Moran of the Lady Letty • Frank Norris

... thousand souls, was arranged with great regularity, and was divided into three distinct sections, each section being composed of a separate tribe. The Great Snake nation at that time embraced three tribes or divisions—namely, the Shirry-dikas, or dog-eaters; the War-are-ree-kas, or fish-eaters; and the Banattees, or robbers. These were the most numerous and powerful Indians on the west side of the Rocky Mountains. The Shirry-dikas dwelt in the plains, and hunted the buffaloes; ...
— The Dog Crusoe and His Master - A Story of Adventure in the Western Prairies • Robert Michael Ballantyne

... his travels in the little attentions that are supposed to have their weight with the sex) and not being able to endure a life of celibacy, which had been his condition from the day of his departure from this country until nearly the present hour, he made an attack upon his friend's favourite, Boo-ree-a, in which he was not only unsuccessful, but was punished for his breach of friendship, as above related, by Cole-be, who sarcastically asked him, 'if he meant that kind of conduct to be a specimen of ...
— An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1 • David Collins

... here. For me, it was my fifth wife, or my fourth, I don't remember which. She never did treat me right, and her eyes didn't track. Yes, I'll bet, ma'am, without knowing anything about it, there was a girl back somewhere in Dan Anderson's early ree-cords, though whether it was his third or fourth wife, I don't know. We don't ask no questions about such things ...
— Heart's Desire • Emerson Hough

... he ejaculated, leaping down and rushing forward. "Heah yo' are at las', bless you! I'se been dat worried 'bout yo' I couldn't 'most sleep fo' t'ree nights. An' jess to t'ink yo' was cast away on an island in de middle of dat Pacific Ocean! It's a wonder dem ...
— The Rover Boys in Camp - or, The Rivals of Pine Island • Edward Stratemeyer

... "T'ree hunder' fifta dolla—no!" answered her betrothed. "I keep in de pock'!" He showed her where the bills were pinned into his corduroy waistcoat pocket. "See! Eesa yau! Onna ...
— In the Arena - Stories of Political Life • Booth Tarkington

... miles west by north, to lat. 16 degrees 48 minutes 22 seconds. Having passed a rather open forest of bloodwood, apple-gum, and leguminous Ironbark, with isolated patches of scrub, and some dry teat-ree swamps with heaps of calcined mussel-shells, we came to a thick stringy-bark forest, on a sandy soil, with a hard sandstone cropping out frequently. This opened into the flats of a sandy Pandanus creek, which we crossed; and, three miles farther, we came to another broad creek with ...
— Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia • Ludwig Leichhardt

... say ill of him. He mean well—oh, yes! But he do not know when it is time to leave off. He take one drink, that make him talk loud and laugh; he take two, that make him swear bad worts and knock round the furniture; he take t'ree, that make him come home and beat thos poor leetle girls till it make your heart sore! And poor Lucie will try so hard, and then he will be so oogly—but I should not so ...
— Joyce's Investments - A Story for Girls • Fannie E. Newberry

... I may find a future life, a nobler copy of our own, Where every riddle shall be ree'd, where every knowledge shall be known; Where 'twill be man's to see the whole of what on earth he sees a part; Where change shall ne'er surcharge the thought; nor hope deferred shall hurt the heart. But—faded flower and fallen leaf no more shall deck the parent tree; A ...
— Volume 10 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann

... many miles [2] To show the strength of my flame: In the Strand, and at the Admiralty, She pick'd up the flats as they pass'd by, [3] And I mill'd their wipes from their side clye, [4] And then sung fal de ral tit, tit fal de ral, Tit fal de ree, and then sung fal ...
— Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs - and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] • John S. Farmer

... about it in a bref. De wind done blow fresh from de norf-west for t'ree days; dat's what Massa Cap'n Stopfoot say," ...
— Fighting for the Right • Oliver Optic

... Lajooar. Nanotragus hemprichianus. Amoor. Cervicapra lencolis. Teel. Cervicapra ellipsiprymna. Apoolli. Cervicapra arundinaera. Oboor. Alcelaphus bubalis. Poora. Trageiaphus scriptus. Roda. Hippoacayus Bakeri Aboori. Camelopardalis giraffa. Ree. Phacochaerus AEtani (Rupp) (Wart-hog). Kool. Bos caffer. Joobi. Elephas Africanus. Leteb. Rhinoceeros bicornis. Oomooga. Felis leo. Lobohr. Felis leopardes. Quatch. Wild dog, probably (Lycaon pietus). ...
— Ismailia • Samuel W. Baker

... Hippocrates; and I have commented him and I have read the Tazkirah and have commented the Burhan; and I have studied the Simples of Ibn Baytar, and I have something to say of the canon of Meccah, by Avicenna. I can ree riddles and can solve ambiguities, and discourse upon geometry and am skilled in anatomy I have read the books of the Shafi'i[FN256] school and the Traditions of the Prophet and syntax; and I can argue with the Olema and discourse of all manner learning. Moreover I am skilled in logic and rhetoric ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton

... and on top of you morning till night. 'Let them that wants the job take it' I said. That crazy Dutchman's been here for two years. They told him to get out and he wouldn't, he was too fond of the booze" (I jumped at the slang) "and the girls. They took it away from John and give it to that little Ree-shar feller, that doctor. That was a swell job he had, baigneur, too. All the bloody liquor you can drink and a girl every time you want one. He ain't never had a girl in his life, that Ree-shar feller." His laughter was hard, clear, cynical. "That Pompom, the little ...
— The Enormous Room • Edward Estlin Cummings

... ye, Nick; but there's a spice of your namesake in ye, afther all. T'ree human crathures skinned, and you not satisfied, and so ye'll chait a bit to make 'em four! D'ye never think, now, of yer latther ind? ...
— Wyandotte • James Fenimore Cooper

... got one word to say to you right here and now, Cap'n," went on Todd, meekly, "and it's this, that no man ever gits jest where he wants to git, unless he has a ree-li'ble hoss. I've tried to tell you so before, but—but, well, you didn't listen to me the way you ought to." He continued to scrape, and the Cap'n stared mutely down at the foot that was encased in ...
— The Skipper and the Skipped - Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul • Holman Day

... seven pence 't'ree fart'in's' was the footing of the whole bill," answered Dirck deliberately, preparing to light his pipe; for he could smoke very conveniently while trotting no faster than at the rate of six miles ...
— Satanstoe • James Fenimore Cooper

... ma love you'll alway be An' if you kiss me two, t'ree tam I'll not tole noboddy— But prenez garde ma fader, please, I know he's gettin' ole— All sam' he offen walk de house upon ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) • Various

... inform Mr Sadler, in the first place, that we inserted the vowel which amuses him so much, not from ignorance or from carelessness, but advisedly, and in conformity with the practice of several respectable writers. He will find the word hecatare in Ree's Cyclopaedia. He will find it also in Dr Young. We prefer the form which we have employed, because it is etymologically correct. Mr Sadler seems not to know that a hecatare is so-called, because it contains ...
— The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 2 (of 4) - Contributions To The Edinburgh Review • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... Heiney, gettin' excited. "Ze poison for ze r-r-rat. I keep heem in one tin can, same as ze salt. I am what you call intoxicate. I make ze mistak'. Ah, diable! Deux, trois—t'ree hundred guests are zere. Zey eat ze soup. Zen come by me ze maitre d'hotel. He say ze soup ees spoil. Eet has ze foony taste. Ah, ...
— Odd Numbers - Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe • Sewell Ford

... form: Republic of Kiribati conventional short form: Kiribati local long form: Republic of Kiribati local short form: Kiribati note: pronounced keer-ree-bahss former: Gilbert Islands ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States

... you w'at Concombre Bateese ees goin' do wit' you, M'sieu Sergent de Police! MA BELLE Jeanne she mak' wan gran' meestake. She too much leetle bird heart, too much pity for want you to die. Bateese say, 'Keel him, so no wan know w'at happen t'ree day ago behin' ze rock.' But MA BELLE Jeanne, she say, 'No, Bateese, he ees meestake for oder man, an' we mus' let heem live.' An' then she tell me to come an' bring you feesh, an' tell you w'at is goin' happen if you try go away from thees ...
— The Flaming Forest • James Oliver Curwood

... wearied with waiting, set off for France. Then Queen Isabella of Spain was persuaded to act. Columbus was recalled, [7] ships were provided with which to make the voyage, and on Friday, the 3d of August, 1492, the Santa Maria (sahn'tah mah-ree'ah), the Pinta (peen'tah), and the Nia (neen'yah) set sail from Palos (pah'los), on one of the greatest voyages ever ...
— A Brief History of the United States • John Bach McMaster

... cuss!" replied he. "No, Sir-ree! He hangs round me yet, like fever 'n' agur upon a ma'sh. But the critter I'm onto a'n't no dog-hoss, you may believe; he don't 'throw off' nor nothin', he don't. Him and his mate here a'n't easy matched. I fetched 'em up from below on spec, and you can ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 7, Issue 41, March, 1861 • Various

... kitty belongs. Dey all has dose collars. I guess she's one of Bat Jarvis's kitties. He's got twenty-t'ree of dem, and dey ...
— The Prince and Betty - (American edition) • P. G. Wodehouse

... it ees what you call dangerous. Feefty-Mile Swamp ees a monster that swallows men alive, Monsieur. You wait one week—two week—t'ree week, and some one will turn up to take you through," ...
— The Yukon Trail - A Tale of the North • William MacLeod Raine

... asleep, and, knowing they were very tired, I did not wake them, but got my gun, and, wrapping myself in my blankets, sat up by the fire to watch the varmints and warm my feet. Presently I heard a long wild howl down in the woods, and knew by the "whirr-ree, whirr-ree" in it that it proceeded from the throat of the dreaded buffalo wolf, or Kosh-e-nee, of the prairies. There was another howl, then another, and another, and, finally, a loud chorus of a dozen. Instantly silence fell among the coyotes, and they ...
— The Great Salt Lake Trail • Colonel Henry Inman

... tal you his name. Bote he is dem young faller bane goin' 'round hare dees two, t'ree days, lukin' lak preacher out of a yob. Vouldn'd dat ...
— The Taming of Red Butte Western • Francis Lynde

... dance two, t'ree time in the house of Madame Delchasse. 'It is zhenius,' exclaim Madame Pelchasse at this dance; and always, and always, tou-jours, she tell of the zhenius of this jeune fille who has come live ...
— The Law of the Land • Emerson Hough

... shot twelve months since," the man replied. "Broke his leg comin' down Hartop Bank. New car was sold off, done, two or t'ree years ago." ...
— Vane of the Timberlands • Harold Bindloss

... calf he stan' an' wag hees tail For 'bout two t'ree tam' mor'; W'en Tim com' ronnin' down de hill She move two yard down shore; But Tim now com' lak' cannon ball, He can't turn right nor lef', He miss de calf an' den, by gosh! Fall on ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) • Various

... of whatever he can do, and git interested in it," declared the practical Mrs. Atterson, "and he'll show you that there's work left in him yet. Yes-sir-ree-sir! And if he'll work in the open air, all ...
— Hiram The Young Farmer • Burbank L. Todd

... the thread of the discourse, went on speaking very vehemently, and advancing, led me out of the throng. Timbo immediately seized my hand. "Go away—quick now, Massa Andrew. Perhaps dey change deir mind. See! here come de captain and Senhor Silva, and de t'ree young gentlemen. Dese niggers t'ink you white spirit, and no dare ...
— In the Wilds of Africa • W.H.G. Kingston

... were sound asleep, and, knowing they were very tired, I did not wake them, but got my gun, and, wrapping myself in my blankets, sat up by the fire to watch the varmints and warm my feet. Presently I heard a long wild howl down in the woods, and knew by the “whirr-ree, whirr-ree” in it that it proceeded from the throat of the dreaded buffalo wolf, or Kosh-e-nee, of the prairies. There was another howl, then another, and another, and, finally, a loud chorus of a ...
— The Great Salt Lake Trail • Colonel Henry Inman

... part ways why. Kit an' me was drunk at Laramie. I kain't remember much. But I do ree-colleck Kit said something to me about you in the Army, with Donerphan in Mayheeco. Right then I gits patriotic. 'Hooray!' says I. Then we taken another drink. After that we fell to arguin' how much ...
— The Covered Wagon • Emerson Hough

... to thee peace decree * Long we bore therein growth of misery: Would my life-thread were shorn in that safe abode * And o' night I had died in mine ecstasy! Home-sickness I mourn, and my strangerhood * Irks my soul, nor the riddle of future I ree. Would I wot shall I ever that house resee * And find it, as erst, home of ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 8 • Richard F. Burton

... gipsies roved, And from gipsies he came a name to earn, Which was dear to the maid he loved. To ladies fair he was Robert St. Clair, When he met them in companie; To a certain one, and to her alone, He was only Robin-a-Ree.[2] ...
— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. • Revised by Alexander Leighton

... the mountain, and he's a livin' there. That's what I heered, at any rate. But he don't live on this road any more," he continued, turning to us. "He used to keep tavern on this road, and the stages did used to stop fur supper—or else dinner, I don't jist ree-collect which. But he don't keep tavern on ...
— Rudder Grange • Frank R. Stockton

... the "cauld drift," she recalls every image of horror—"the yellow-wymed ask," "the hairy adder," "the auld moon-bowing tyke," "the ghaist at e'en,", "the sour bullister," "the milk on the taed's back." She hates these, but "waur she hates Robin-a-Ree." ...
— Shirley • Charlotte Bronte

... is in orange, but not in pear. My third is in come, but not in go. My fourth is in fast, but not in slow. My fifth is in tin, but not in lead. My sixth is in cover, but not in bed. My whole is a vegetable much liked by some, And now my riddle-me-ree ...
— Little Folks (October 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various

... flaithfines, subject to elaborate qualifications as to person, character, and training, which limited their choice, and provided with a larger portion of free land. This was the lowest chief to whom the title ri, righ (both pr. ree) rex, or "king", was applied. A group of these kinglets connected by blood or territory or policy, and their flaiths, elected, from a still narrower circle of specially trained men within their own rank, ...
— The Glories of Ireland • Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox

... abruptly of Fred, at the same time jerking out the bundle. "More kites, eh? Reg'lar kite-factory gone and got itself lost," he remarked finally, when he had appropriated Charley's bundle. "Now, wot I wants to know is wot we 're goin' to do to you t'ree chaps?" he continued ...
— The Cruise of the Dazzler • Jack London

... declared Joel. "He's been dead a hundred years, I guess. An' beside, I could knock him flat, yes, sir-ree!" He doubled up his little brown fist, and bounced up in the middle of ...
— The Adventures of Joel Pepper • Margaret Sidney

... lak bumbletybees. Ah t'ink me, dat weeked leetly boy goin' for shoot more as once prob'ly—mebbe two, t'ree tam. Ah drop queek in de grass, an' Ah run—run queek! An' when Ah get home, Ah find two, t'ree, five, mebbe four hole in mah arm more ...
— The Calico Cat • Charles Miner Thompson

... "Yes, sir-ree! An' make no mistake! Deely Wornum married my son, an' Henry Clay Bivina made 'er a good husbun', if I do have to give it out myse'f. Yes, 'ndeed! An' yit if you'd 'a heern the rippit them Wornums kicked up, you'd 'a thought the pore chile'd done took'n run off 'long of a ...
— Mingo - And Other Sketches in Black and White • Joel Chandler Harris

... what you mean, m'sieu', though I don't know your friend you speak about. But if he say to his son, 'Ba gar, you don't marry no girl what I don't like her fadder because we have hosswhip one anodder t'ree or two time when we have fuss over line fence—or crowd our wagon when we go to market'—why, then that's your friend. And it start from there and grow into big thing, so that all the cure can say it don't make no friend of them. So they wait—Jean and Zelie! ...
— The Landloper - The Romance Of A Man On Foot • Holman Day

... "No, sir-ree! That doesn't go. South Grammar wants the whole thing put through in town-meeting style. Let every fellow here ...
— The Grammar School Boys of Gridley - or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving • H. Irving Hancock

... oberseer, he say—leastways he swore, he did—dat his will should be done on dis plantation, and he wouldn't have no such work. He say, der's nobody to come togedder after it be dark, if it's two or t'ree, 'cept dey gets his leave, Mass' Ed'ards, he say; and dey won't ...
— Daisy • Elizabeth Wetherell

... wants to paint me now. 'Not on your life' says I. 'You'd be doing double stunts with my freckles, and I won't stand for it.'" She laughed. "No sir-ree, I don't let any artist tip my freckles edgewise just to see how flip he is at it. I like Mr. Congdon, but I don't trust him—he's too much of ...
— Money Magic - A Novel • Hamlin Garland

... crossed the frozen creek, taking care not to touch the log. On the opposite side the tracks spread out over a windfall of trees. "Whole family mink live here," continued Mukoki. "T'ree—mebby four—mebby five. Build trap-house ...
— The Wolf Hunters - A Tale of Adventure in the Wilderness • James Oliver Curwood

... and begged tobacco for fifty miles, clean up to the Ree villages, near the mouth of the Cheyenne River. Oh, they found the Sioux, all right; and glad enough they were to get through them, even paying tribute as ...
— The Young Alaskans on the Missouri • Emerson Hough

... come, riddle-me-ree, And tell me what my name may be. I am nearly one hundred and thirty years old, And therefore no chicken, as you may suppose;— Tho' a dwarf in my youth (as my nurses have told), I have, every year since, been ...
— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al

... you, I come right off at M. De Blanc's house to get you let out of de calaboose; M. De Blanc he is the judge. So soon I was entering—'Ah! Jules, me boy, juz the man to make complete the game!' Posson Jone', it was a specious providence! I win in t'ree hours more dan six hundred dollah! Look." He produced a mass ...
— Old Creole Days • George Washington Cable

... we'll do our best—an' that bain't fightin' an' killin', i' this case, but the usin' o' our wits. Bill Brennen, tell off ten men an' take 'em along the path to the south'ard wid ye. Lay down i' the spruce-tuck alongside the path, about t'ree miles along, an' wait till these folks from the ship comes up to ye, wid four or five o' our own lads a-leadin' the way wid lanterns. They'll be totin' a power o' val'able gear along wid them, ye kin lay to that! Lep out onto 'em, widout a word, snatch the gear an' run fair south along the ...
— The Harbor Master • Theodore Goodridge Roberts

... I notta geevadam how long I stay, you getta my mon', Mr. Perlmutt. I stay here one, two, t'ree years." ...
— Abe and Mawruss - Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter • Montague Glass

... damn cent more of me money will yehs ever get, not a damn cent. I spent me money here fer t'ree years an' now yehs tells me yeh'll sell me no more stuff! T'hell wid yeh, Johnnie Murckre! 'Disturbance'? Disturbance be damned! T'hell wid ...
— Maggie: A Girl of the Streets • Stephen Crane

... jeer of insult, the grasp of vie-olence is my duty and my prowfession. To adore it is my ree-ligion—and my fate!" replies the gallant highwayman, contriving with some address to retain his hold of the lady's hand, though encumbered by spurs, a sword, pistols, a mask, and an enormous ...
— M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." • G.J. Whyte-Melville



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