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Examples
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I can't make out what ye meant be pretindin 'to go to It'ly an' doublin 'back into Germany; an' I wish f'r me own peace iv mind all ye'er explanations 'd mate.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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"I use 'ter rock yer to sleep wid you kickin' yer heels an 'doublin' yer fists, an 'callin' me ole fool, an 'I singin':
The Cromptons Mary Jane Holmes 1866
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Please just pardon my phone, it keeps doublin my comments
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Teena, you're doublin 'down on the Texas talk. ain't and innit.
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Oh ya Biden...cripes call that doublin' down on the insurance or checkmate if you will on the I think I'll quit fantasy...
You want to know what I'd ask Barack Obama? Ann Althouse 2009
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Me, I'm doublin 'up on espresso today -- what was your elegant phrase?
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For two mortal hours everyone was hard at it, takin 'in sail, doublin' ropes, an 'makin' all ready for what promised t 'be a dirty night.
Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various
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Three was in the yard and gin right up without doublin '
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 Various
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Figger on doublin 'it up, or mebby better' n that.
Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland 1922
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"Thar warn't so much when 'twas left, but it's been doublin 'on itself all the while you were waitin'."
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