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Examples
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"Ain't yo 'foolin' me?" asked Washington, pausing and looking doubtfully at the boys.
Five Thousand Miles Underground Or, the Mystery of the Centre of the Earth Roy Rockwood
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They could hear the slap of his hand upon their fat backs and his, "Steady now, quit yo 'foolin'."
The Cat in Grandfather's House Carl Henry Grabo
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"G '' way f'om dah, an 'quit you' foolin '," came in a large voice from within.
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"Oh come along, Professor: what's th 'use o' foolin 'over this rubbish; let's go for th' stuff that's good for its weight in spot cash every time!"
The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier
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Tex she queet de dam 'foolin', an 'den she git to be de beeg man.'
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Only I'm tired o 'foolin' and talkin 'about that girl's education.
Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet Olive Tilford Dargan 1918
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Bad, bad you be -- bad as that lyin ', false, lost sinner theer -- a-draggin' out your cant o 'forgiveness an' foolin 'a damned sawl wi' falsehoods.
Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911
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Whatever is ther use o 'foolin' around an 'dallyin' with ther law when it's right easy ter git rid o 'critters like this yere Black Harry without no trouble a tall, an' make things lively in ther town at ther same time?
Frank Merriwell's Bravery Burt L. Standish 1905
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He had kept up heart so far believing that the boys were "foolin '," but when he felt the awful charcoal line drawn to divide his scalp satisfactorily between these two inhuman, painted monsters, and when with a final "_weet, weet, weet_" of the knife on the stone the implacable Woodpecker approached and grabbed his tow locks in one hand, then he broke down and wept bitterly.
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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Well, you jest let my ol 'man ketch yeh comin' foolin '' round our place.
Desertion 1900
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