diggin

"If they ain't diggin 'fer gold, then what are they _diggin'_ fer?" he demanded aggressively, and so suddenly that

The Lookout Man B. M. Bower 1905

However, I am "diggin" all of those fake mustaches!

Long Lost Perfumes: Niki de Saint Phalle Marina Geigert 2007

They don't know enough about gold to make 'em a livin 'diggin' it -- so they write a book about it.

Connie Morgan in the Fur Country 1921

"It do wring my 'eart -- ah, that it do! to think o' pore Jarge a convic 'at Bot'ny Bay!" said Old Amos, "a-workin ', an' diggin ', an' slavin 'wi' irons on 'is legs an' arms, a-jinglin ', an' ajanglin 'when' e walks."

The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915

"Us'll have thee walkin 'about here an' diggin 'same as other folk afore long."

The Secret Garden 1911

"Us'll have thee walkin 'about here an' diggin 'same as other folk afore long."

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

An 'diggin' brings the talk to earth, an 'earth leads on to clay,

Digger Smith Hal Gye 1907

John Stackpole, an old miner, who was on his way tew San Francisco from th 'diggin's; an' what's more, we saw 'em do it with our own eyes; an 'are ready tew swear tew th' same afore any judge an 'jury.

The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Everett McNeil 1895

"An '," continued Tim, the anxious look on his face deepening, "dew you reckon they've bin a-tearin 'over th' trail tew th 'diggin's like this for long; or is this jest a stampede we have struck?"

The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Everett McNeil 1895

Uver sence den de moleses bin gwine 'long un'need de groun ',' cordin ter de jedgmen 'er de Lawd, an' diggin 'an' scratchin 'der way thu de worl', in trial an 'tribilashun, wid dem po' li'l human han'ses.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887