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Word: afeard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...well. "They was t'ousands of the big whales on the coast them times...They whales never hurted we, and we never hurted they...And I'll tell you one quare thing. So long as they was on the fishing grounds along of we, I never was afeard of anything, no, nor never felt lonely neither. But after times, when the whales was all done to death...I'd get a lonely feeling in my belly, like the world was all empty. I missed them whales when they were gone. 'Tis strange. Some folks say as whales are only fish...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: Killing Whales For No Apparent Porpoise | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

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