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At times she called him 'Frank' an 'thin' Fronzwah 'an' 'Fritz' an '' Ferdynand '-- 'twas a name beginnin' with 'f' she knew that -- but he f'rgive her an 'ast somewan to r-read to him.

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

But I've lived quite some years without shovin 'in where I knew I'd get the frigid countenance, and I didn't like the idea of beginnin' now.

Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

"I spy with my little eye, somethin 'beginnin' with ... hingmy, M C."

Country of the Blind Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1997

I knew I wouldn't get no thanks for it from th 'beginnin'.

The Wind Before the Dawn Dell H. Munger

"Don't keer, Jud -- I'm jes '-- jes' beginnin 'to feel it now" -- and he wept afresh.

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

When things was only sand an 'beginnin's in these parts, all the trees sprung up together.

Janet of the Dunes

O 'course we was all cleared for haction, an' beginnin 'to feel our Iron Crosses burnin' 'oles in our jumpers, when we begun to see as there was something funny about' er.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 13, 1917 Various

"Now, thank God, he's jes 'beginnin' to unlimber," chuckled the old man as the old pacer, catching on to the game and warming to his work, was only a length behind at the wire, as they scored the fourth time, when Flecker's mare flew up in the air and again the bell clanged.

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

Dat wuz in de late winter; de folks wuz jes 'beginnin' to plough fur corn.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

Humph! there's some kind of beginnin's I hope I'll never hear of again.

Cap'n Dan's Daughter Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907