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That helped scare the shorts, and away they stampeded fer Salt Water, the whole caboodle, a-takin 'all the dogs with' em.
CHAPTER 10 2010
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Let'm starve, an 'her man a-takin' the food out of other children's mouths.
CHAPTER XI 2010
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A likely lad, an 'is it for me to misjudge because his is a-takin' way with the ladies?
CHAPTER 16 2010
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"Polly," he says, a-takin 'out his bandanna an' wipin 'his forehead, for, though a cool day, he had broke out in a free perspiration.
Smethurstses 1995
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'It was as if the heavens was falling atop of us; but we had no fear then, we were all a-takin' of it as easy as if we was ashore, but it was afterwards we thought of it. '
Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor
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Us knowed Mist'ess died happy 'cause she told de folks 'round de bed dat de Lord was a-takin' her home out of dis old world of trouble.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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Fer 'z I wuz settin' in the bar a-takin 'sunthin' hot,
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various
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I was just a-takin 'aim when I missed my fire, -- I didn't know why, didn't feel nuthin', but I couldn't hold the gun.
Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812
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"To think o 'the red rascal a-takin' thet young leddy off!" she cried.
The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma Ralph Bonehill
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When he wasn't no mo '' n three year old we commenced a-takin him round to church wherever they held meetin's, -- 'Piscopals,
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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