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  • I was fightin ', an' gatherin 'intelligence, while your grandfather hadn't got the twinkle in his eye yet.

    Flashman and the Mountain of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

  • I was fightin ', an' gatherin 'intelligence, while your grandfather hadn't got the twinkle in his eye yet.

    Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

  • Sic 'gatherin's are there, baith o' young folk and auld;

    The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

  • I r-read be th 'papers that whin Mack come in he was rayceived be th' gatherin 'with shouts iv approval. Th' proceedin's was opened with a prayer that Providence might r-remain undher th 'protection iv th' administhration.

    Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • London, where the doctors sits from ten to two like spiders waitin 'for flies, an' gatherin 'in the guineas for lookin' at fools 'tongues.

    The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Marie Corelli 1889

  • Where's the sweat drivin 'round wi' two horses cuttin 'the straw down an' gatherin 'it again, wi' scarce a hand's turn i 'the day's work? "

    The Roadmender Michael Fairless 1885

  • Just the same I thought poets wore whiskers and eyeglasses, an 'never tripped up foot-racers at Sunday picnics, nor run around with as few clothes on as the law allows, gatherin' mussels an 'climbin' like goats.

    CHAPTER VII 2010

  • Well, it was not with the idea of castin 'gloom over this merry gatherin'.

    CHAPTER XV 2010

  • "He 'll be shore to ask yuh what yur a-goin' to do when it comes to cookin 'an' gatherin 'the wood."

    In a Far Country 2010

  • "He 'll be shore to ask yuh what yur a-goin' to do when it comes to cookin 'an' gatherin 'the wood."

    In a Far Country 2010

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