hoein

Who but Timotheus would ever think of combinin 'hoein' an 'elocutin'?

Randy and Her Friends Amy Brooks

"An 'whar thar's growin' corn thar's a sight o 'hoein'," put in an alert, nervous-looking countryman.

The Voice of the People Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909

I'll teach you! Th 'idea o' fishin 'when I set you to hoein' corn!

The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat Laura Lee Hope

You know what field work is, hoein ', plowin', and things lak dat.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

When I set a boy to hoein 'corn, an' he comes home smellin 'of fish, I know what he's been doin' jest th 'same as when I see a boy's head wet on a hot day I know he's been in swimmin'!

The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat Laura Lee Hope

All de slaves be in de field, plowin ', hoein', singin 'in de boilin' sun.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Various

De women would be plowin 'an' hoein 'grain an' de spanish needles an 'cockle burrs would be stickin' to dere dresses fum dere knees to dere feet.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

In the spring of the year we was hoein 'and when they quit at night they'd leave the hoes in the field, stickin' down in the ground.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 Work Projects Administration

I worked in de garden, hoein 'weeds and den I washed dishes in de kitchen.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives Work Projects Administration

"De people was all a hoein ', mas'r," said the old man.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Various