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"We're beginnin 'courtin' all over again, ain't we?"

CHAPTER I 2010

"We're beginnin 'courtin' all over again, ain't we?"

Chapter 1 1913

When McSenile came a'courtin ', we all knew that it was to pay lip-service to the already-coronated heir apparent to Dumbya.

Your Right Hand Thief 2008

British butterflies bugging out earlier & earlier; same for froggies goin' courtin', maybe cats and dogs consortin'.

Jesting with Adjusters « Climate Audit 2007

When a fella comes a 'courtin' you, and sits you on his knee,

Single Girl Stookey/Travers 1964

When the slaves went 'courtin' and the man and woman decided to get married, they went to the man's master for permission then to the woman's master.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

"Goin 'courtin'?" she said, with a laugh as she pinned it in for him.

The Village by the River H. Louisa Bedford

Even when he seemed to ha 'made up what mind he'd got he'd goo and fiddle to the wench instead o' courtin 'her like a Christian, or sometimes the wench' ud mek a visit to his mother, and then he'd fiddle to her at hum.

Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray

Has tha, begun tha 'courtin' this early in th 'season?

The Secret Garden 1911

Has tha, begun tha 'courtin' this early in th 'season?

The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 1911