mekin

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I ort never to 'a' bin born--mekin' you cry!

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  • I ort never to 'a' bin born--mekin' you cry! —  The Servant in the House
  • Is there no way That I may sight and check that speeding bark Which out of sight and sound is passing, passing LOVER'S LANE Summah night an' sighin' breeze Long de lovah's lane; Frien'ly, shadder-mekin' trees Long de lovah's lane. —  The Book of American Negro Poetry
  • Then Ah huhd huh a' mekin' th' fiah an' then she brung this yeh cawfee an' she done mek it that foolish that Ah can't tech it. —  The Boss of Little Arcady
  • "I's mighty glad to see you -- that no-'count Tom come put 'nigh mekin' me 'spose myse'f." —  Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day
  • 'All right,' says the old bull-dog; 'it's th' on'y chance I shall ever light upon of mekin 'a profit out o' thee. ' —  Aunt Rachel
 

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