expectin

Folks knowin 'an' expectin '-- an' helpin 'the curse.

The Shield of Silence George [Illustrator] Loughridge

I hadn't the notion of expectin 'a letter whatever.

Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887

"An 'is yo' -- 'scuse me -- but is yo 'expectin' me fo 't' follow yo '?"

Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground Victor [pseud.] Appleton

I aye expect that something will happen wi 'him that I'm no' expectin '; so I find it best juist to lat him aleen.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

He laid a trap for 'Firebrand,' expectin 'him to come down there, rippin' mad because they was puttin 'the minin' machinery up on his land, wi'out his permission.

'Firebrand' Trevison Charles Alden Seltzer 1908

I've been kind of expectin 'she might get up to see me.

Keziah Coffin Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

It's the bonniest of a 'when ye're no' expectin 'it.

Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902

I've looked ar - round ivry mornin 'expectin' to miss some familyar faces.

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

I saw very plain while I could see; 'twas a pleasant enough face, shaped somethin 'like Mis' Tolland's, and a kind of expectin 'look.

The Foreigner 1900

"'We wasn' expectin 'of you down here,' he stammered, after clearing his throat.

The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903