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Examples
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Paw and Hank and Joe -- outlaws all, he would have sworn would get what Casey called their needin's.
The Trail of the White Mule B. M. Bower 1905
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An 'when the fightin' was at its worst, I got anxious about you; figured as you might be badly wounded an 'needin' help, or -- or even that you might be killed.
Kiddie the Scout Robert Leighton
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But, you got to recollect that most of the jury, picked out at random, is in the same boat -- loose, an 'needin' killin ', which they know as well as you an' me do, an 'consequent ain't a-goin' to establish no oncomfortable precedent.
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Consequently, they thought her a bit flighty, an 'needin' o 'some restriction.
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An 'her ol' man is awful sick in Red Creek an 'needin' a doc in a hurry -- or not any.
Man to Man Jackson Gregory 1912
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Someway yer name's got out as bein 'single an' needin 'takin' keer of, an 'I reckon this here
Lovey Mary Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906
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All of them are Catholics, takin 'up lots of room an' needin 'the prunin'-knife pretty often, but bringin' cheer and brightness to the whole garden when it needs it most.
Lovey Mary Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906
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"Well, now, any time yuh see CASEY RYAN gummin '' is grub an 'needin' a nap after dinner --"
The Trail of the White Mule B. M. Bower 1905
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a little bit true; but it ain't true; it's on'y a big lie, when ye'r scared out o 'your wits an' needin 'to know.
Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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"Ye hevna ony sair tribble; ye're juist trachled wi 'hard wark an' needin 'a rest.
A Doctor of the Old School — Complete Ian Maclaren 1878
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