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Examples
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They got a drill over here called the standin gun drill.
Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie Edward Streeter 1933
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I 'standin' here waitin 'baby, with my heart right in my hand
Elmore James Lyrics 2009
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I 'standin' here waitin 'baby, with my heart right in my hand
Elmore James Lyrics 2009
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I made a pint o 'standin' on a chair afore the lookin'-glass, or else afore the winder towards your 'us, all the whilst I was a-wearin' on 't.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various
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She was jes 'standin' in the smoke house that was built back of the big kitchen when Mistress walks in.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives Work Projects Administration
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I was jus 'standin' in the shade a minute scratchin 'my dog.
Of Mice And Men Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 1937
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If instead o 'standin' there so quiet you had just stepped up and given me that cross-hit of yours under the jaw, I'd ha 'known you without a question.
The Sign of Four 1915
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"I've heard of fellers sleepin 'standin' up," Jimmy informed him.
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'Stead o' standin 'for' Upton Hill, 'them letters in the Stetson meant' Uriah Hogan. '
Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California Burt L. Standish 1905
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That comes from the everlastin 'standin' up at the tub!
The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I Gerhart Hauptmann 1904
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