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  • 'E was' ollering an 'shoutin', sir, makin 'aggravation.

    Sharpe's Enemy Cornwell, Bernard 1984

  • But nobody was in de house but Mina, a little gal 'bout eight year ole, massa bought out of a drove was passin 'by de kitchen door, and run to the fiel' shoutin 'all de way' Phil's alive!

    A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland

  • Some of 'em was disposed ter stick out for de beer fust, an 'said dey could do deir bes' shoutin 'w'en dey was loaded.

    Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life Lemuel Ely Quigg

  • Dancin 'up an' down an 'shoutin': "Mr. Riley's comin 'back!"

    A Heap O' Livin' 1920

  • That break-down will be ambling along in about three hours an 'shoutin' for quick repairs, so you'll have to hustle some.

    Action Front Boyd Cable 1910

  • Whin a man gets to be my age, he laves th 'shoutin' f'r th 'youth iv th' land, onless he has a pol-itical job.

    Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • But I never had naught to say for mysen, though there was a deal o 'shoutin', and old Sammy

    Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • There's a fool feller there from McInnes, knockin 'down a cheque an' shoutin 'mad.

    The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy Edward Dyson 1898

  • But nobody was in de house but Mina, a little gal 'bout eight year ole, massa bought out of a drove was passin 'by de kitchen door, and run to the fiel' shoutin 'all de way' Phil's alive!

    A Woman's Life-Work Haviland, Laura S 1881

  • That's why people 'ave minders, not' cos they think they're gonna get stabbed but just to stop arseholes comin 'up an' shoutin 'an' spittin 'about fook all in your face for half an hour

    High Society Elton, Ben 2002

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