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"Den he go struttin 'back, shakin' de by'ud an 'swellin' put de wattles an 'jes' mo'n steppin 'high an' prancin 'w'ile he sing:
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) Various 1887
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They don't sew you up until the swellin goes down quit a ways so my leg was open the whole time I was in ICU.
Puff This! 2008
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It takes a special kind of man to respond to a second-grader's bafflement about finance with some shirt-poppin ', chest-swellin' pride over the boy's blameless, understandable, and correctable ignorance.
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Uh oh, bwains is swellin…CHRG is strainin agin the preshure…rip…rippee…crack…
why no garfield? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Tehn sum 1337sp33kn kid is gonna fotoshop hims hed swellin up n hims wiskers spredding owt n lukin teh funnees n he can shayr teh tabloyds wif Britny.
The Bukkit List - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"Doc said some - thin 'about swellin' on some nerve."
Wait For The Sunrise Austin, Cassandra 1999
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Fust, we air hooman beins; secondly, we air a traversin the vast an briny main; and thirdly, we hope to find a certain friend of ourn, who was borne away from us by the swellin tide.
Lost in the Fog James De Mille
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Tain't no use uh you swellin 'up neither. (to Lum) Go get him, Lum, an' lock 'im in my barn an' put dat turkey under arrest too.
De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts Zora Neale Hurston
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'Tis no its loud roar on the wintry winds swellin ',
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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-- Clap a slice o 'raw beefsteak on to that mouse o' yours 'n' 't'll take down the swellin'.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various
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