delvin

It's slavin ', an' delvin ', an' scrapin 'yer eyeballs out from mornin' to night, and nothink to show for your pains; and now you'll oblige me, Mr Blackshaw, if youll lollop somewhere else for a minute or two.

My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin 1916

It was of a night, late, lang time agone, in an auldstane eld, when Adam was delvin and his madameen spinning watersilts, when mulk mountynotty man was everybully and the first leal ribberrobber that ever had her ainway everybuddy to his love-saking eyes and everybilly lived alove with everybiddy else, and

Finnegans Wake 2006

"But until you establish when Slocum was killed an 'do a little delvin', you can't hardly make any arrests, can you?"

The Criminal C.O.D Taylor, Phoebe Atwood, 1909-1976 1940

Because if they are, I'm goin 'to let you do some more delvin' while I go over to Slocum's with Syl.

The Criminal C.O.D Taylor, Phoebe Atwood, 1909-1976 1940

"Ye juist wore them sometimes when ye was delvin '," broke in Jess, "ye have as guid a pair o 'boots as ony in Thrums."

A Window in Thrums 1898

"I wouldna ha 'trustit even you, gin I hadna found the delvin' ill worrk for auld shoulders," pursued Macbean, broadening his speech with intentional humor.

Stingaree 1893

An 'me a-delvin' and a-drudgin 'fer you all my born days.

The Hoosier Schoolmaster Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902 1871

An 'me a-delvin' and a-drudgin 'fer you all my born days.

The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Edward Eggleston 1869

After delvin round the bottom of the pot for sum time the ladel cum up, with its assthetick freight, the black and green speckled tode, wot I'd slipped inter the stue, wile the prayer was goin up.

The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 Metta Victoria Fuller Victor 1858

There's nothink to be made at farmin ', delvin' and scrapin 'your eyeballs out for no return, "said this youngster, who did barely enough to keep him in exercise, who had been fed to repletion, and comfortably clothed and bedded all his sixteen years.

Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916