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Search phrase: yerk

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
HamletHam III.ii.238The Player-King sleeps. Exit the Player-QueenSleepes Exit
Henry VH5 IV.vii.78Yerk out their armed heels at their dead masters,Yerke out their armed heeles at their dead masters,
OthelloOth I.ii.5I had thought t' have yerked him here under the ribs.I had thought t'haue yerk'd him here vnder the Ribbes.

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yerkthrust, strike, beat

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
YERKBASICyerk v

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