dear

If it should be said these are general remarks, let it be remembered that they are the dear-bought, result of experience.

For a flea, my dear-gentlemen may bring that theirselves; but a b——-, that's a stationary, and born of a bed.

So they decided to take it in to the dear-mother and have her explain it to them.

But, hark ye, dear-my-soul, make thou no haste; there is room for all.

The singer came rushing down a branch, bristled up, blustering, and calling "Dear-r-r-r!"