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1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. i. 25 Following the hounds, as I once used to could.

1836 Southern Lit. Messenger Nov. 734/1 These modern fellows cannot shave as Kippin ‘used to could’.

1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words 103 ‘I had used to could.’ I used to be able.

1875 Evening Hours 2 79/2 I can't see as well as I used to could, but I sees the angels sometimes of a night, agoin' up and agoin' down..past the winder.

1899 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 16 Sept. He use to could lift a fifty-six ower his heead wi' one hand, but he can't nah.

1904 ‘H. Foulis’ Erchie i. 3 They used to could do't wi' the least wee bit touch.

1940 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 6 Jan. 15/2 She used to could smell that old goat of yours from here to yonder.

1985 A. Blair Tea at Miss Cranston's xvi. 134 D'you mind them sweeties you used to could buy..readin'-sweeties wi' words on them.

2004 W. St. John Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer 51 ‘We used to could park over there,’ he says, pointing toward a patch of grass near the stadium.