hidin

Ole Brer Rabbit, he wuz off some'rs raiding on a collard patch, en ole Miss Rabbit she wuz tendin 'on a quiltin' in de naberhood, en wiles de little Rabbits wuz playin 'hidin'-switch, in drapt Brer Fox.

Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881

Rabbits wuz playin 'hidin'-switch, in drapt Brer Fox.

Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878

Why, looky here, we was reg'lar castaways on a real desert island, an 'we had a abandoned ship, an' we c'd 'a' lived chiefly by huntin 'an' fishin '; and we had evaded all pursuit an' run off with the fair captive to a place o 'hidin' -- why, it's all just like in the book.

The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Emerson Hough 1890

I've seen her; she done promised to have me, when I come out o 'hidin'.

The Man Thou Gavest

I give it out that I didn't want annything, but they'se so much scurryin 'ar-round an' hidin 'things whin I go in that I know they've got something f'r me.

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

He'd kept undher cover f'r months, livin 'in freight cars an' hidin 'undher viadocks with th' pistol in his hand.

Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Instid o 'hidin' out from the Hobdays that was lay-wayin 'us in the mountings, we'll be livin' in a house with two chimleys an 'a swimmin' tub made outen crock'ryware.

The Brown Mouse Herbert Quick 1893

This one ain't been used to fightin 'or even to providin' for hisself, and more like he's somewhere round the Park a'hidin 'an' a'shiverin 'of, and if he thinks at all, wonderin' where he is to get his breakfast from.

Dracula Bram Stoker 1879

Tha desarves teein to a cart tail an 'hidin' throo th 'streets, tha low-lived villain!

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Stevenson there showed the better art o 'hidin', and not because he was any more truly detached or dramatic.

Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial 1871