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As for Warrigal's Bilbah he was near as fresh as when he started, and kept tossin 'his head an' amblin 'and pacin' away as if he was walkin 'for a wager round a ring in a show-yard.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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And there's Cowgirl Sarah riding tall in the saddle, amblin 'in from a small town in the remotest stretches of the West, to set the country straight at last after eight years of gov'ment bad guys.
Betty Fussell: Pistol-Packin' Sarah Shoots Up the Screen 2008
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John was amblin 'along nippin' the grass now an 'then with his bridle draggin' and me sittin 'up on his back facin' his tail and slippin 'and slidin' with every step.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration
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And he went a-amblin 'by him -- the goramded blind old clown!
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) Various 1887
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Page 102 wuz a fixin 'up a tale fer Brer Fox, he hear a lumberin' down de road, en present'y yer cum ole Brer B'ar amblin ''long fum whar he bin takin' a bee-tree.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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W'ile he wuz a fixin 'up a tale fer Brer Fox, he hear a lumberin' down de road, en present'y yer cum ole Brer B'ar amblin ''long fum whar he bin takin' a bee-tree.
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Strawberry Swing is an afternoon delight; ` just chugs along idly, a happy-go-lucky nursery rhyme that chimes like a ` sicle truck amblin ` down the lane in a slowpoke suburb of anywheresville.
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(that's Bill) amblin 'gaily through the woods, dressed up in red and marchin' arm to arm, for fear some careless Injun would miss 'em, and there's the Injuns (that's that durned ram) off in the woods jumpin 'up and down with pleasure and surprise.
Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters Henry Wallace Phillips 1899
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As for Warrigal’s Bilbah he was near as fresh as when he started, and kept tossin’ his head an’ amblin’ and pacin’ away as if he was walkin’ for
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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I’d walk soft near him for a while, or you’ll have about as much chance as hens amblin’ into a coyote powwow. "
Rebel Spurs Andre Norton 1958
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