At morn when startin for mi wark, a bit o 'bacca's sweet. From Wordnik.com. [Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect] Reference
His mom told him early on that 'bacca was dirty and poisonous as well as sinful. From Wordnik.com. [Is Jesse Helms in Hell?] Reference
He wouldn 'touch' bacca, but he kept er twis 'of dis bark in his pocket mos' all de time. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
“No, sir,” answered the man, “my trade is a tailor, but I have chawed bacca from my infancy.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
After dey'd skin de logs we'd peel off dis hickory 'bacca in long strips an' make it up in twis's for Ole Marse. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
"Aw wor baan to buy a paand o 'bacca wi' it," aw sed. From Wordnik.com. [Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect] Reference
Merlazon (3: 41: 26 PM): me and bacca werent even playing. From Wordnik.com. [GameBattles News] Reference
"It's something like 'bacca; grips you by the neck, like.". From Wordnik.com. [Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories] Reference
They may praich agean mi bacca, an may looad it wi 'abuse. From Wordnik.com. [Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect] Reference
IpDgrs integcrrimk, panicoiis dichotouus, bacca monoipemui. From Wordnik.com. [Caroli a Linné ... Systema vegetabilivm secvndvm classes, ordines, genera, species cvm characteribvs et differentiis. Editio decima quarta praecedente longe avctior et correctior cvrante Io. Andrea Mvrray ..] Reference
So you as about four an four-pence for food an bacca. From Wordnik.com. [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference
Why, I squeeged my brass 'bacca-box out of my jacket-pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Fitz the Filibuster] Reference
'Or trace the progress of crime to' bacca? 'growled another. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people] Reference
Ef I hed a plug o 'bacca for every grizzly I've rubbed out, it. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire] Reference
This here 'bacca as you give me, sir, baint the best I ever had. From Wordnik.com. [Middy and Ensign] Reference
I never want 'bacca, if I shall ever forget that old she crocodile!. From Wordnik.com. [The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life] Reference
Gi's a bit o 'bacca, Bill; maybe it'll take the edge off o' my stummuk. From Wordnik.com. [The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse] Reference
None yer nasty 'bacca-spittins of folks dat does n't know how to be decent. From Wordnik.com. [Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. In Two Volumes. Vol. II] Reference
"But we pays a bob a pound fur 'bacca on board o' the ship," he expostulated. From Wordnik.com. [Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories] Reference
Why, there be scores of these lay-beds that be toom as old Dun's 'bacca-box on Friday night. From Wordnik.com. [Dracula] Reference
Here's a bit o 'summat to start wi', 'he sed, an' gave her an old bacca box an 'shut th' door. From Wordnik.com. [Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley] Reference
She'll fetch us a bit o 'supper, and I makes out middlin' well along o 'my pint and bit o' bacca. From Wordnik.com. [The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary] Reference
A 'bacca-pipe, and thurfor I knowd the hul thing wur over. From Wordnik.com. [The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse] Reference
So you ‘as about four an’ four-pence for food an’ bacca.’. From Wordnik.com. [Down and Out in Paris and London] Reference
‘Or trace the progress of crime to ‘bacca?’ growled another. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches by Boz] Reference
“Um … Here comes Papa thru the ‘bacca field with a load of ‘mators?”. From Wordnik.com. [Tribune Surprise! TY!] Reference
'Katie here believes in Purgatory, where souls are burnt clean again, like' bacca pipes. '". From Wordnik.com. [Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life] Reference
"If I'd only come up a minute or two sooner -- I'd gone down to the village for some 'bacca. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
“Every man ston’ with his hands to his sides, and ask of they sojjers for a pinch of bacca.”. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anerley] Reference
"Well, yesterday evening, squire, I went down into the village to buy some 'bacca. From Wordnik.com. [A Final Reckoning A Tale of Bush Life in Australia] Reference
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