runnin

I heard tell there was a feller of your name runnin 'some gold - brick scheme at Rogerses', an 'I cal'lated I'd come over an' see you.

The Voyage of the Hoppergrass Edmund Lester Pearson 1908

Whenever I try to think of God as a spirit, I can see Hen Miller all wrapped up in a sheet an 'runnin' us girls.

CHAPTER II 2010

An 'you started me to drinkin', baby, an 'runnin' from town to town

Big Maceo Merriweather Lyrics 2009

Next thing we know, Hillary's swaggerin 'like Dubya, talkin' 'bout a'runnin 'and a'dodgin' them bullets in Tuzla; she's tough as any GOP warrior (and as fast and loose with the facts).

Linda Hansen: O Bubba, Where Art Thou? 2008

"An 'sure, can't ye keep warm by jumpin' on the sleds an 'runnin' after the dogs?" cried an Irishman.

THE KING OF MAZY MAY: A STORY OF THE KLONDIKE 1993

"Got so used to it, when time comes I can go back t 'runnin' a real tavern again-well, I might not."

The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

Dey have to work all day an 'all night, ebery day han' runnin ', wid chains' round dar legs.

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

"Bress your heart, honey, I knowed you'd come; Mammy, yere, 'lowed you wouldn't, 'cause you's ober tudder day; I's gittin' so down-spirited, sittin 'yere all day, an' all night han 'runnin', 'peared jis like I want to look at you an' see you."

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

But I'm stiff in m 'legs, an' when it comes to a spot o 'runnin', I ain't no gal in m 'teens, as it were.

Here Abide Monsters Norton, Andre 1973

One leg stood still, while de tother kep 'runnin'.

Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Thomas Washington Talley