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I've seen the fowk sometimes turn roond-aboot in their seats, when Sandy cam 'creakin' up the passage, as gin they thocht it was a brass-band comin 'in.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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Yo'd come on a bit o 'creakin' wood windlass like a well-head, an 'you was let down i' th 'bight of a rope, fendin' yoursen off the side wi 'one hand, carryin' a candle stuck in a lump o 'clay with t'other, an' clickin 'hold of a rope with t'other hand.'
Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Yo'd come on a bit o 'creakin' wood windlass like a well-head, an 'you was let down i' th 'bight of a rope, fendin' yoursen off the side wi 'one hand, carryin' a candle stuck in a lump o 'clay with t'other, an' clickin 'hold of a rope with t'other hand. "
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Aye wint tu VT tu C Dougie McLean… iz mush beddarer muzik fur uz non-dansurz… juss nod hour hedz adn smyl… lotsa creakin noyziz inda awed-y-ntz
the burn - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"Aunt Matildy says he's allus creakin 'round like a rusty gate-hinge."
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret Annie Roe Carr
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Clear across the bay we could hear her screw creakin, 'an' her engines clankin 'like they were all poundin' to pieces.
Plotting in Pirate Seas Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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I could 'ear the stair creakin' under 'im and I was just wonderin' whether I should go into the house w'en
Okewood of the Secret Service Valentine Williams 1914
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You can hear de choppin 'an' de win'lass creakin 'and smell de smoke.
The Winds of Chance Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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But your saddle is a-creakin 'and a-sayin', 'Go git' im! '
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909
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"'Pears like every joint in me is a-creakin' to-day."
Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West Hamlin Garland 1900
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