moanin

But whatever, bitchin 'and moanin' is often the most fun part of the Oscars, so we shouldn't take that away.

GreenCine Daily: Oscars. Nominations. 2007

"Maggie's in de alley, sir, yonder by de lamp, layin 'dere an' moanin ', an' I t'ink dey's sumpin 'wrong wid her," said Sissy.

Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life Lemuel Ely Quigg

'Vulmea sat up rockin' his head in his hand an 'moanin' for Father

Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

The "moanin" increased until, with a roar and a rush, a regular tropical hurricane was upon them.

The Rover Boys in the Jungle Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa Edward Stratemeyer 1896

But there was Tom McChesney, lyin 'out there in No Man's Land, with a bullet in his chest an' moanin 'for water.

Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls Alice [Illustrator] Carsey 1887

She can't work at the Mills any more, an 'last night when we was all at the Sosherble, she seems to've had a spasm o' some kind; she can't get out o 'bed this mornin' and lies there lookin 'like death an' moanin '.

In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

He didn 'know w'at ter do wid Tenie: fus' he thought he'd put her in de po'-house; but finely, seein 'ez she didn' do no harm ter nobody ner nuffin ', but des went roun' moanin ', en groanin', en shakin 'her head, he' cluded ter let her stay on de plantation en nuss de little nigger chilluns w'en dey mammies wuz ter wuk in de cotton-fiel '.

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

He didn 'know w'at ter do wid Tenie: fus' he thought he'd put her in de po'-house; but finely, seein 'ez she didn' do no harm ter nobody ner nuffin ', but des went roun' moanin ', en groanin', en shakin 'her head, he' cluded ter let her stay on de plantation en nuss de little nigger chilluns w'en dey mammies wuz ter wuk in de cotton-fiel '.

Po' Sandy 1888

"Vulmea sat up rockin 'his head in his hand an' moanin 'for Father

Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

A few jolts of the needle has put a clapper to his eternal moanin '.

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