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  • As far as th'carin' about humans; ye've made a difference in my life, an' no doubt many others.

    Giving a damn about giving a damn. Elizabeth McClung 2007

  • "I'm no 'carin'," he says, blawin 'his nose atween his finger an' his thoom, an 'syne dichtin't wi' his bonnet.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • Th 'rent I get for that land makes me rich -- I ain't never wanted for a single thing but just th' love an 'carin' that my daddy an 'my mother would' a 'give me if that wicked man hadn't killed 'em both.

    In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901

  • 'Twere He put un in my head t 'go, an' He were watchin 'over me an' carin 'for me all th' time when I were thinkin '

    Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale Dillon Wallace 1901

  • I just had that one time o 'carin' for children, 'n' the Lord dealt me a lion instid of a baby, 'n' I 'm free to confess 't I've never seen no occasion to say other than Thy Will be Done.

    Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop Anne Warner 1891

  • "I'm no 'carin' to go to the kirk to-day," said Allison.

    Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not 1859

  • Them two shud be contented, seein 'as they're more after the weemen than the money, an' nobody as I know o 'carin' to cut 'em out there.

    The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Mayne Reid 1850

  • "No," she went on, when behind it once more, "I couldn't share that table an 'The Polka with any man -- unless there was a heap o' carin 'back of it.

    The Girl of the Golden West David Belasco 1892

  • Geaux Saints! carin schreiber said: On February 8, 2010

    Hooping.org | Blog | Geaux Saints! 2010

  • We opine that the GOP is sufferin 'due to a handful of filtered and distilled imbeciles like RL, AC, LI, and NG, who steer the party not towards carin' for the welfare of the American people as a whole, but towards whettin 'their egotistical and megalomaniacal appetites.

    CNN Poll: Dems becoming less popular but no gains for GOP 2009

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