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So we sot ter work, an 'paintin' her white, we altered her rig, an 'bore down on ther bay.
Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys
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I en't a good hand at pictur 'paintin'; we're runnin 'square for the critter, and then you'll see for yourself.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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"I don't see the use o 'paintin' picters, for my part," said the old man, despairingly; "can't you learn that, an 'fish tu?"
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Various
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Th 'man that has a machine that'll tur-rn out three hundhred thousan' toothpicks ivry minyit'll sind over his inthrestin 'device, they'll be mountains iv infant food an' canned prunes, an 'pickle casters, an' pants, an 'boots, an' shoes an 'paintin's.
Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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"Ef ye buy up the sign painters, so's ye can wash off the letters, like enough ye'll hev to pay him fer th 'paint an' paintin ', too."
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That's what'll carry you, an -- not a flourish o 'paintin' outside, an 'dirt, an' confusion, an 'bad attindance widin.
Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831
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"Ay, we could sew something on the border instead o 'paintin't.
A Window in Thrums 1898
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"'Stop a bit,' says he, 'paintin' an't quite as fast done as writin '.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 01 Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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"'Stop a bit,' says he, 'paintin' an't quite as fast done as writin '.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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And finally if your set on paintin it yourself there are many different camo paints and stencils available to help make a pattern for your camo.
Has anyone ever camo-painted a gun? I plan to paint my coyote gun for hunting. 2009
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