groanin

I didn't find our till he got to wakin 'me up nights with his tossin' about an 'groanin' in his sleep.

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We got doon the stair an 'I lichtit the fire an' got the kettle to the boil, an 'we sat an' harkined to the wind skreechin 'doon the lum, an' groanin 'an' wailin 'amon' the trees ower the road, an 'soochin' roond aboot the washin'-hoose.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

She begun to jerk an 'trimble all over; she drawed in her breath in a sort o' groanin 'way, awful to hear, an' then dropped down on the floor in a fit.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Various

I didn't find our till he got to wakin 'me up nights with his tossin' about an 'groanin' in his sleep.

Chapter 19 1917

"I will twist the tail off Vulmea!" sez he; but whin he saw him, all tied up an 'groanin' in hospital, he changed his will.

Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

It's all swole up and her cheeks is hot and she's moanin 'an' groanin '--- "

Flappers and Philosophers 1918

a lad -- he didn't look more'n about fifteen -- lyin 'in a heap an' groanin '.

The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

"My mammy, a-layin 'on her back in de quahtahs, an' groanin ', sent me up to de big house kitchen tuh watch.

The Corner House Girls at School Grace Brooks Hill 1917

But him an 'Miss Mary thinks it's best plan to do a bit o' groanin 'an' frettin 'now an' then to throw folk off th 'scent. "

The Secret Garden 1911

But him an 'Miss Mary thinks it's best plan to do a bit o' groanin 'an' frettin 'now an' then to throw folk off th 'scent. "

The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 1911