Vulgar words in All on the Irish Shore - Irish Sketches (Page 1)

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ass x 2
knock up x 1
            

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On the back avenue it was, an' one minute 'twas as big as an ass, an' another minute it'd be no bigger than a bonnive--" "Oh, the Lord save us!" wailed the kitchen-maid irrepressibly from the scullery.

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This last is perhaps an over-statement; Mrs. Naylor was in the habit of bearing other people's burdens with excellent fortitude, but she felt justly annoyed that Captain Pat should knock up before they had fairly settled down in their new quarters, and while yet three of the horses were out of sorts after the crossing from England.

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"He says," interpreted William, "there isn't pig nor ass, sheep nor duck, belongin' to him that isn't heart-scalded with the same childhren an' their dog."

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