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  • I don't think much of the Government, but I'm with them on that – in keepin 'the women where they belong.

    Purple Springs 1921

  • In the 'keepin' it real 'game, he at least tied if not won - which was real surprise, to me at least.

    doggone you betchya 2008

  • I'll just be goin 'about an' about an 'keepin' an open mind

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 Various

  • "How are ye a 'keepin' the night?" inquired Andrew, as he stepped inside at Mrs. Sinclair's invitation, feeling more and more uncomfortable.

    The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

  • O 'keepin' down a boy like me 'at's got a name to make!

    Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two Various

  • Aigs is aigs, but human nater is human nater; an 'keepin' a store widens yo 'stretch

    The Man Thou Gavest

  • An 'now jes' look here: instead o 'keepin' my promise an 'bein' good, as I told the Lord

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

  • Primest lark of all 'll be the sneakin' about an 'keepin' quiet.

    The Lost Prince 1914

  • Why, there ain't half-a-dozen places where they could be drove out'n the valley an 'through the cliffs, an' I been watchin 'every one of them places myself all night an' keepin 'the other boys ridin' until they're saddle-weary.

    Man to Man Jackson Gregory 1912

  • One thousan 'to go to you for jus' keepin 'out of my way.

    Man to Man Jackson Gregory 1912

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