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Examples
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I heard tell there was a feller of your name runnin 'some gold - brick scheme at Rogerses', an 'I cal'lated I'd come over an' see you.
The Voyage of the Hoppergrass Edmund Lester Pearson 1908
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Whenever I try to think of God as a spirit, I can see Hen Miller all wrapped up in a sheet an 'runnin' us girls.
CHAPTER II 2010
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An 'you started me to drinkin', baby, an 'runnin' from town to town
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Next thing we know, Hillary's swaggerin 'like Dubya, talkin' 'bout a'runnin 'and a'dodgin' them bullets in Tuzla; she's tough as any GOP warrior (and as fast and loose with the facts).
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"An 'sure, can't ye keep warm by jumpin' on the sleds an 'runnin' after the dogs?" cried an Irishman.
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"Got so used to it, when time comes I can go back t 'runnin' a real tavern again-well, I might not."
The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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Dey have to work all day an 'all night, ebery day han' runnin ', wid chains' round dar legs.
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"Bress your heart, honey, I knowed you'd come; Mammy, yere, 'lowed you wouldn't, 'cause you's ober tudder day; I's gittin' so down-spirited, sittin 'yere all day, an' all night han 'runnin', 'peared jis like I want to look at you an' see you."
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But I'm stiff in m 'legs, an' when it comes to a spot o 'runnin', I ain't no gal in m 'teens, as it were.
Here Abide Monsters Norton, Andre 1973
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One leg stood still, while de tother kep 'runnin'.
Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Thomas Washington Talley
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