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  • Hey, we like the Chicago cronyism so much that Obama is an asset to Croniezine, if they both could use the term swimmin wit duh fish-iz, Johnny would cruise to re-election.

    Poll: New Jersey voters embarrassed by corruption sting 2009

  • He knew how to do this, thanks to many "swimmin'-holes" -- including the one he had visited with the Candidate.

    Jimmie Higgins Upton Sinclair 1923

  • Bring it from the bottom, bring it from the depth Bring up somethin" swimmin" to where we can get it Bet it, better not let it, better not set it Down too far, down far away, hey, hey Wanna eat what's fine but I gots no line.

    The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010

  • "Aw, you're a nice one," he exclaimed, "followin 'boys when they're goin' swimmin '!"

    'Lizbeth of the Dale Mary Esther Miller MacGregor 1918

  • I've felt as though I've been a sinkin ', as ye might say, and a wantin' to call out for help! help! like any weak, drowning fool, instead o 'swimmin' above it strong, and helpin 'them as was weaker than me.

    Cape Cod Folks Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895

  • That had allus bin my swim sin first we took to comin 'to Bridlington, and I'd niver had no trouble i' swimmin 'theer an' back.

    Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895

  • So I got agate o 'swimmin' an 'kept at it for wellnigh ten minutes.

    Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895

  • Well, ye see, I s'pose they found swimmin 'for miles out to sea, and divin' fathoms deep, wasn't exciting enough, so they invented this game o 'swimmin' on the surf.

    The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean 1859

  • I've seed him save dozens, ay _dozens_, of lives -- men, women, and children, -- in lifeboats, an 'in luggers, an' swimmin '.

    The Lifeboat 1859

  • Think about the stormwater utility but remember the 'swimmin' hole ', by David Crowder, January link

    Newspaper Tree 2009

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