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Contemporary Examples
Then, days before the election, aff ran an ad with the same false claim, this time calling for Heinrich to be voted out.
Election 2014 Is Drowning in Dark Money Robert Maguire August 27, 2014
Historical Examples
He’s left the plow-tail an’s aff to Edinburgh to mak’ his fame an’ fortune.’
Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Atkinson
I brought him aff the moor for God’s sake, and he begins to bite the bairns.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop
Ye whiles tap, and whiles slice, and whiles heel, or ye hit her aff the tae.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 16, 1892 Various
Eh, gien they wad but stick i’ my shune, and gang wi’ them whan I pu’ them aff!
Heather and Snow George MacDonald
“aff hands, my woman,” cried Peggy, suddenly leaving her chair.
Wilson’s Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Various
It’s aff with her apron and on with her bonnet, iv’ry chance.
The Shadow of a Crime Hall Caine
I sent her aff like ane o’ Samson’s foxes, wi’ a firebrand at her tail.
Robert Falconer George MacDonald
The straw was aff the handle, an’ my father mended it wi’ strings.’
A Window in Thrums J. M. Barrie
But aff she wint down the stairs like a shot, and thin I turned round to the little Frinch furrenner.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe
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