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  • I know why the GOP is against it ... they are concerned about the insurance "big boys with big wallets" who take care for them .... as for the blue dog democrats I say send them "packin" they are acting like a bunch of spoiled republicans.

    GOP unveils new health care ad campaign 2009

  • I guess even th 'jackass ud turn up his nose at it if he knowed what a lot more there was that was t' be had just for grabbin 'it an' packin 'it along.

    The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier

  • Still, I prefer the idea of packin’ Indian heat in a shoulder rig.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » The McKinney Ranch Hoedown. 2009

  • I allow you'd better put in your best licks on fixin 'up an' packin 'the clothes you'll need.

    The Mysterious Rider Zane Grey 1905

  • "You better not think o 'packin' the chiny," he said, in his ordinary tone of generalship.

    Country Neighbors Alice Brown 1902

  • Th 'puddlers wurruked in iron cases, an' was kept alive be men playin 'a hose on thim fr'm th' packin 'house refrigerator.

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

  • In ivry city in this unfair land we will erect school-houses an 'packin' houses an 'houses iv correction; an' we'll larn ye our language, because 'tis aisier to larn ye ours than to larn oursilves yours.

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

  • In course, we takes the risk o 'packin' it away to-night comfortable.

    Two Men of Sandy Bar; a drama Bret Harte 1869

  • Anyhow, they've got the taste very decided somehow, an 'after every spell o' dirty weather they're sure to have telegrams from all parts of the coast, and you'll see Lloyds 'agents huntin' up the divers in the public-houses an 'packin' 'em off wi 'their gear right and left by rail to look after salvage.

    Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters Francis B. Pearson 1859

  • They don't harass the hunters round here some of them ol boys'll send em packin with a bottom full of hot lead lol.

    Animal Rights Activist Shoots Down Deer Recovery 2009

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