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Examples
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Andy fumin 'an' frettin 'like the old woman he is.
CHAPTER 2 2010
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Reckon ah left out this Gumbo Galahad story from mah post on Hillbilly Comics, fer space considdy'rations, but summa them thar int'ry-net fellers is a-fussin' and a-fumin' bout th' dee-piction o' hill folk in thet thar critter.
Gumbo Galahad is Laffin' at Yo'. Brian Hughes 2009
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Reckon ah left out this Gumbo Galahad story from mah post on Hillbilly Comics, fer space considdy'rations, but summa them thar int'ry-net fellers is a-fussin' and a-fumin' bout th' dee-piction o' hill folk in thet thar critter.
Archive 2009-02-01 Brian Hughes 2009
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We won't get a lick of work done what with him fussin 'and fumin' all over the place.
Beacon Street Mourning Day, Dianne 2000
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There is a stranger at our door crying just dreadful; and mother's red in the face, sayin 'no end of angry words, stampin', fumin ', and wringing her hands.
When the Birds Begin to Sing Harold Piffard
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"Cold it was, sure enough, but think o 'me up frettin' and fumin ', and you come down as cheerful as if starvation wasn't starin' us in the face."
Purple Springs 1921
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And while Z.K. is still sputterin 'and fumin' the men begin to file out with their tools under their arms.
Torchy As A Pa Sewell Ford 1907
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Here she was for about ten years stewin 'an' fumin 'to git outen the alley, an' here she is comin 'back again!
Calvary Alley Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906
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Andy fumin 'an' frettin 'like the old woman he is.
A Daughter of the Snows Jack London 1896
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An 'I know it's orful funny to see how straight Jinny's face looks wen she's almos' ready to bust, while ole Miss is frettin 'and fumin' 'bout dem Yankees an 'de war.
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