clearin

A hoein 'out tobacker in th' clearin '-- me an' you --

Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry Various

Question: Will it ever not be thrilling watching President Obama and, knowing he's a Chicago guy at heart, be certain we'll never have to see images of him in crisp Wranglers 'clearin' brush 'on some contrived ranch, and knowing that he'll back among us in four to eight?

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Her mother an she dug the grave in th 'corner of th' clearin ', down there where I'm pointin'.

Hillsboro People Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

But goin 'our best, there was no hope o' clearin 'the blast o' the explosions if they explosioned on the same target, an 'we all made ourselves as small as we could on our horses' backs an 'felt we was as big as a barn all the time the rush was gettin' louder an 'louder.

Between the Lines Boyd Cable 1910

They'll be put through th 'clearin' house, me faith, an 'securities

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Hillocks's wife informed the kirkyard that the doctor "gied the gudeman an awful 'clearin'," and that Hillocks "wes keepin 'the hoose," which meant that the patient had tea breakfast, and at that time was wandering about the farm buildings in an easy undress, with his head in a plaid.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

Hillocks 'wife informed the kirkyaird that the doctor "gied the gudeman an awfu' clearin ', "and that Hillocks" wes keepin' the hoose, "which meant that the patient had tea breakfast, and at that time was wandering about the farm buildings in an easy undress with his head in a plaid.

Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Ian Maclaren 1878

Corn-shuckings were conducted in the same way; nor could a man clear a piece of ground without inviting his neighbors, and having a "clearin '."

Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters 1859

Just fancy, I'd begin with a clear leap over that chief's head -- the one there wi 'the feathers an' the long nose that's makin 'such hideous faces -- then away up the glen, over the stones, down the hollows, shoutin' like mad, an 'clearin' the brooks and precipices with a band o 'yellin' Redskins at my tail!

Twice Bought 1859

Question: Will it ever not be thrilling watching President Obama and, knowing he's a Chicago guy at heart, be certain we'll never have to see images of him in crisp Wranglers 'clearin' brush 'on some contrived ranch, and knowing that he'll back among us in four to eight?

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