"Would Mr. Barrow 'larn' him"; so Graham buckled to for over an hour. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference
An 'in wi' tham tha 'tork ma' larn'ge an 'resp'ct ma. From Wordnik.com. [Guy Fawkes' blog] Reference
"We will 'larn' you to try and be too smart with the Frontier Boys. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference
So I bethowt me as I'd larn to be a knife-grinder. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference
June 7, 2009 at 8:15 pm und larn 2 tell tyme, too!. From Wordnik.com. [no body move… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
That'll larn me not to try to speak to new people. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
I'll larn 'em to mind their business, the sarpints!. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
She never did larn to talk dis language right plain. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference
If it is, I know a beaver who kin larn you sumthin '. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself] Reference
"'Tis learn and not larn I'll be sayin '," he declared. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
Then after a pause, "I hope you larn your lessons, Pat?". From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
There's rules to iverything, and iverybody must larn 'em. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
"That'll larn 'em I'm no blinkin 'Irishman with a stick.". From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
"I'll larn you boys that I ain't as old as I looks to be.". From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference
But thet's wut folks wun't never larn; they dunno how to go. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
"I'll larn ye, ye beasts!" she shrieked, running for her club. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
Lowe's to larn things if she only had money to buy me some shoes. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
Now, come to ole Pomp's cabin, and he'll larn you, Andy, chile. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862] Reference
"I'll larn you!" he yelled, grabbing each by the back of the neck. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference
Slave folks warn't 'lowed no time for to larn readin' and writin '. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1] Reference
Take care they're not set to larn what not to do from lookin 'at you. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
So I thought it would be a good notion to larn him the editor's trade. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Elocutionist] Reference
"I kin larn, and I'll work hard and do just what he tells me to," said. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
'Nary a politic; but I'm d-- d ef th' critters doan't larn 'em sumhow. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Wait till you get to your West P'int, and larn when and where to foight. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
"You can larn it, too, if you only think so," encouraged Mrs. O'Callaghan. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
Sculpin through a course of sprouts, and larn 'im better'n to hook log-chains. From Wordnik.com. [Summerfield or, Life on a Farm] Reference
Dere warn't no time for to larn readin 'and writin' on Marse Elbert's plantation. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference
Iffen you jist looked lak you wanted ter larn ter read er write you got a lickin '. 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
Mistiss used to git a book and say, 'Nig, come here and let me larn you how to read.'. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2] Reference
So no rest now cud 'a git, poor chuckle-head! for wantin 'to larn to spayke weth they. From Wordnik.com. [Drolls From Shadowland] Reference
Jacobs, get a tarbucket and dip his fists in it; larn him what his hands was made for!. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art.] Reference
He said, "When I get back home I'm going to larn it, so I can win all the money I want.". From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
Yuh might take a day off 'n' larn that fool jinny o 'Mira's to lie down when she's told to. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
'Ou'll ax him ter see Ally gwoe ter de meetin's an' larn out ob de books, woan't 'ou, massa?. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
(To be shore, we karn't all larn out ob de books; but book larnin 'neber make a man, no how.). From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
"It's orful good in you to want to larn me -- but he might feel hurt-like if I was to quit him.". From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
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