He din’t heve mich i t’way o addlins but it wor just enuff to get by.
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He din’t heve mich i t’way o addlins but it wor just enuff to get by.
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[…] addlings, wages received for work. A gentleman has informed me, that in Nottinghamshire, and throughout the north, with some variation of sound, addle and addlings are now in use.
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ADDLINGS, wages. "Poor addlings," small pay for work. "Hard addlings," money laboriously acquired. "Saving's good addling," as the well known saying, "a penny saved is a penny gained."
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"Addlings." Earnings. "Whoas a better house an' I hev? an' av gotten it together, stick be stick, an' ivvry bit on 't, wi' my awan addlings!" "This is my awan addling!" says a man, pulling out of his pocket a handful of silver and showing it to his comrade.
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