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  • Here are some recent conversations she's had: dannyw: @rachaelsix eh? rachaelsix: @dannyw Are you Canadian? slavin: @rachaelsix do you know @naveen? rachaelsix: @slavin I don't know if I know @naveen.

    PSFK 2008

  • But _I_ said, "Blow East Africa an 'slavin' yourself all day;

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 Various

  • "An 'now, aftuh fifteen yeahs o' slavin 'fer us, who ain't got no claim on her, aftuh fifteen yeahs dat she has libbed' mongs 'us an' made herse'f one of us, an 'endyoed havin' her own people look down on her, aftuh she has growed ole an 'gray wukkin' fer us an 'our child'n, we talk erbout turnin' 'er out like a' ole hoss ter die!

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

  • You'll see the men will think it's against 'em, and try to squash her and her society, for they're always frightened if you begin to learn the least thing you will find out how you're bein 'imposed upon; but they don't care how much you learn in the direction of wearin' yourself out an 'slavin' to save money for them to spend on themselves. "

    Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916

  • "An 'now, aftuh fifteen yeahs o' slavin 'fer us, who ain't got no claim on her, aftuh fifteen yeahs dat she has libbed' mongs 'us an' made herse'f one of us, an 'endyoed havin' her own people look down on her, aftuh she has growed ole an 'gray wukkin' fer us an 'our child'n, we talk erbout turnin' 'er out like a' ole hoss ter die!

    The March of Progress 1901

  • "An 'now, aftuh fifteen yeahs o' slavin 'fer us, who ain't got no claim on her, aftuh fifteen yeahs dat she has libbed' mongs 'us an' made herse'f one of us, an 'endyoed havin' her own people look down on her, aftuh she has growed ole an 'gray wukkin' fer us an 'our child'n, we talk erbout turnin' 'er out like a' ole hoss ter die!

    The March of Progress 1901

  • "I'm slavin 'away ... just to make ends meet," he says.

    Some 'Other' Wall Streets Embarrassed 2009

  • I waz slavin away at teh werk n wud hav missed it if cweenmj had not gibben me a gentle nudge.

    Lolcat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • You do not have to be jewish to be an Israelite - slavin 'for the bread, sir. sean

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Hope Andrew finds something better, and freer. slavin says:

    Condé past « BuzzMachine 2005

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