flourishin

Coaches settin 'aff for Stirlin', and Perth, and Glasgow, and no ae passenger either inside or out -- only the driver keepin 'up his heart wi' flourishin 'his whup, and the guard, sittin' in perfect solitude, playin 'an eerie spring on his bugle-horn!

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 348, December 27, 1828 Various

'tis beans or peas he 'as -- there's a kind o' sap gone out o 'the garden this summer, for all that it's so fine an' flourishin '.

God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889

'tis beans or peas he 'as -- there's a kind o' sap gone out o 'the garden this summer, for all that it's so fine an' flourishin '.

God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889

'tis beans or peas he 'as -- there's a kind o' sap gone out o 'the garden this summer, for all that it's so fine an' flourishin '.

God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889

A-cleanin 'up the room one afternoon, he comes across a piece of half-burnt paper as has lodged in a corner, an' in pickin 'it up somethin' catches his eye as strikes him blind an 'weak an' sick -- a few words writ in a fine, flourishin 'hand, an' these was them:

Smethurstses 1995

I don't blame David for bein 'out o' patience when he saw the wicked flourishin 'like a green bay tree.

Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall

It would probably raise trouble for you if your boss knew you'd slipped me in; and it sure would raise everlasting trouble for me at home if my name was flourishin 'in the papers gettin' an A.B.C. or D.A.M.N. or whatever the fixin 'is.

Action Front Boyd Cable 1910

He's flourishin 'a bundle about the size of a two weeks' fam'ly wash, and as he sees me he lets out a joy yelp.

Shorty McCabe on the Job Sewell Ford 1907

We ain't ridin 'up and down the trail, flourishin' our six-shooters and yellin 'to the

Sawtooth Ranch B. M. Bower 1905

The Epworth League kept on flourishin 'so, we didn't understand it.

A Circuit Rider's Wife Corra Harris 1902