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Examples
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"An 'at that the man put his hands on his knees an' leaned sort o 'hunchin' forward.
Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906
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Yeps and awl dat hunchin and stritenin is gud furr dsa tummy muskols!
but MOMMEH!!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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August 31, 2009 at 2:24 pm weel durin da kitty pillar race I kept tippin ober a beet cuz i wuz onna mii belleh hunchin and stritenin and mii belly bee a leetol beet roundie — sew it wuz triin ta rolls me ober … :blush:
Sometimes the - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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"You look like nothin" but a stupid damn tree frog, Nate, hunchin" up your shoulders every time you chirp out "Lee!
The Guns Of The South Turtledove, Harry 1960
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I 'spect it will keep her wake and she'll be hunchin' me and asking me all thru de night, what I give in.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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"Not so bad," says Spotty, hunchin 'his shoulders.
Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907
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Sez I, hunchin 'him, "Do be still and less go to our old place."
Samantha at the World's Fair Marietta Holley 1881
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Weasel totch 'im ag'in en laugh wusser, en he keep on hunchin' 'im dat a-way twel bimeby Brer Possum laugh hisse'f plum outer win', en Wattle
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Weasel totch 'im ag'in en laugh wusser, en he keep on hunchin' 'im dat a-way twel bimeby Brer Possum laugh hisse'f plum outer win', en Wattle
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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"Yes, honey -- same as ef 'twas de Lawd himself talkin 'to me, an' I'll take keer of de little one till he comes, an 'if I sees somebody winkin' or hunchin 'de shoulder, I'll -- I'll --"
The Cromptons Mary Jane Holmes 1866
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