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I God! You call knockin 'a man in de head wid a mule bone nothin'?

De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts Zora Neale Hurston

CLARK: I God! You call knockin 'a man in de head wid a mule bone nothin'?

The Mule-Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life in Three Acts Langston Hughes 1934

When I began to recover, my election district captains came to me and said that McManus had sold me out with the idea of knockin 'me out of the Senatorship, and then tryin' to capture the leadership of the district.

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon George Washington Plunkitt 1883

But Diana and Berry were already adults when fame came a 'knockin'.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

But Diana and Berry were already adults when fame came a 'knockin'.

The Curious Case Of Michael Joseph Jackson 2009

There's more in life than booze, an 'hard work, an' knockin 'about.

Chapter 7 2010

Note 1: knockin 'man, Doug O. Padgett was wondering, as I do now as well, what "knockin'"in this context means?.

Rory Gallagher Lyrics 2009

That being said, I've found that writing/research on campus is virtually impossible--perhaps it's a SLAC problem, but students and colleagues are apt to come a'knockin' at all hours, even if the door is closed.

Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2006

When Johnny Law came a'knockin 'at their door, the sis and hubby took their crystal meth out the back door and skipped town, leaving their three young children behind in the house for the police to hand over to DHR.

unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2005

I bought FIVE lottery tickets for Georgia's $300 million lottery so that maybe I may have some money to give to Brad Pitt when his lawyers come a 'knockin'.

unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2000