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LAMB: What's the story about hi -- you have a couple of what you call drinkin 'stories in there.
You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You: Politics in the Clinton Years 1998
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I told him no, I ain 'drinkin' after no sick folks 'cause it mean death.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Why, damn it, young woman, if I ever caught a daughter of mine painted up like a Piute an 'stripped to the waist smokin' cigarettes an 'drinkin' cocktails in
The Gold Girl 1921
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Couple of card games goin ', an' drinkin ', of course.
To the Last Man Zane Grey 1905
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An 'the carriers be tappin' the stuff an 'drinkin' what's left, an 'neither to hold nor to bind but threat'nin' to cut the inside of en out -- an 'he's here, if you plaze, to know if so be you could lend a few pounds to satisfy' em.
Corporal Sam and Other Stories Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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"And neither of you'd be eatin 'a biscuit, an' drinkin 'a mug o' tea, now, if you had un!" he continued.
Bobby of the Labrador Dillon Wallace 1901
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Them feet-folks from York and Leeds that be always eatin 'cured herrin's an' drinkin 'tea an' lookin 'out to buy cheap jet would creed aught.
Dracula 1897
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She says 't they've been noticin 'a curious taste in the water, but not bein' in the habit o 'drinkin' the house cat, they never thought of its bein 'him.
Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop Anne Warner 1891
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"Somehows I hates fur ye ter go ter eat at Birk's Mill, they air sech a set o 'drinkin' men down thar ter Malviny's house," said Rick's mother, as she stood in the doorway, and looked anxiously at him.
The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Mary Noailles Murfree 1886
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_He's_ got a mighty keerless way o 'drinkin' out o 'open dippers, too.
Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886
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