catchin

"Whoever's runnin 'the show over there, he'll spend his men's blood like water for the chance o' catchin 'us and puttin' us to death as slowly as he can make the time spin out."

Jack Haydon's Quest John Finnemore

I suppose it's nothin 'catchin', or they'd 'ave told me first; but still, I do think I should be more use than you, Sarah; you don't know anythin' about sickness.

Sarah's School Friend May Baldwin

And this bein 'shunned like I had somethin' catchin 'was new to me.

Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

There was sum variation to my business, such as catchin 'young rabbits, and findin' partridge nests, and pickin 'dewberries; but the romance wore off the first day, and by the end of the next my wife says I was as humble a man as any woman could desire.

Bill Arp from the uncivil war to date, 1861-1903, 1903

"Nothin 'catchin', dear Miss Patricia Hamilton," he began.

The Keepers of the King's Peace Edgar Wallace 1903

Dr. Carter was obliged to unwedge himself an 'catchin' the duck was a most awful business an 'Dr. Carter had to get off just about as soon as it was done.

Susan Clegg and a Man in the House Anne Warner 1891

"No; they's Harlem people, I guess -- jes 'catchin' the Elevated -- that's all, sir," he answered obligingly.

The Damnation of Theron Ware Harold Frederic 1877

"We won't be long o 'catchin' him up," said Crux, "for the Flint has become desperate of late, an 'we're pretty sure of a man when he gets into that fix."

Charlie to the Rescue 1859

"There ain't nothin 'catchin' in the house, is there?

Drusilla with a Million Elizabeth Cooper 1911

I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin 'hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.

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