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"I followed 'long, trapesin 'after de whole kit an' b'ilin ', an' when we got to de pond" -- here Chad nearly went into a convulsion with suppressed laughter -- "dar was de gooses sittin 'on a log in de middle of dat ole green goose-pond wid one leg stuck down -- so -- an' de udder tucked under de wing."
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"De tar-kittle's a b'ilin 'on de keen jump, Mas'r Mellasys."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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It's oncommon hot, you see, down hereaway on the Mississippi, and I reckon that's the reason that you southern gentlemen _are_ sich an almighty b'ilin 'up people, who take a gougin' to your breakfast as we should a mackerel.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Various
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He knows thet, if 'e shows up in this-hyar kentry ag'in, the Devil's Pot'll have' im fer a b'ilin '. An' thet's 'nuf fer Zeke's case.
Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily
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"It'll be b'ilin 'in about eight minutes," replied my quondam rival, with a boo-hoo of vulgar laughter.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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"Kittle's b'ilin '," he announced, flinging in the information as a general gratuity.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various
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Says she, 'I never hear a sparrer chirpin' and a kittle b'ilin ', that I don't think o' the dinner Mary Andrews had the day Judge McGowan spoke at the big barbecue. '
Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall
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You hain't got the sense Gawd give field mice -- the whole kit and b'ilin 'of you.
Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland 1922
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I'd sooner stick my hand into a kittle of b'ilin 'pitch than to meddle with a young woman in your state of mind ....
Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland 1922
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He gave dimensions and costs, and the whole b'ilin 'of 'em listened as if they thought he intended to make them a present of the house.
The Turmoil 1915
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