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He see suthin 'gleamin' on a willer root nigh the bank, an 'he dove, an' there 't was.
Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902
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He see suthin 'gleamin' on a willer root nigh the bank, an 'he dove, an' there 't was.
Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902
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He takes his ordhers, carries his stick iv timber up hill an 'down dale undher th' gleamin 'stars, has nawthin' to say but 'Move on there, now,' an 'if his foot slips another round-headed man pushes him into a cell an' a impartyal jury iv men that's had throuble with th 'polis befure convicts him heartily.
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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Spimfontein, past th 'gleamin' spires iv Wa-aberneck, till they saw in th 'distance th' long, low line iv purple light that marked th 'walls iv Boobenastofein.
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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Then I tried to put the fear in him, I said: "Supposin 'I was out late at night walking down Sadie Street and one of them young mean suckers caught sight of my ring just a-gleamin' and decided they wanted it for themselves?"
Please 2010
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Luk mii inda fais, Aye bii smilin fur yew awl 50 teef gleamin, luk awai frum teh floof!
De otherz asleep, now I can escape! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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It's the flash of paddle blades a gleamin 'in the sun,
The Far Northland 1999
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I look over at Dan an his eyes is gleamin from behin his beard.
Forrest Gump Groom, Winston, 1944- 1986
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Fust thing I 'members, and dreams 'bout sometimes yet, is bein' in Charleston, standin 'on de battery, seein' a big ocean of water, wid ships and their white sails all 'bout, de waves leapin 'and gleamin' 'bout de flanks of de ships in de bright sunshine, thousands of white birds flyin '' round and sometimes lighting on de water.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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But into that snowy bosom he plunged a gleamin 'knife.
The Jealous Lover 2 1929
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