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  • The other two, following his tactics, came in safely, and a moment later, brushing off the con - gratulations, Jameson was rushing for the radio room and the wireless officer to signal Bing that his plan had worked and to come a-hellin '.

    The HurricaneStory Gallico, Paul 1959

  • There wasn't any future for him, or for any man, hellin 'around the country.

    Winner Take All Larry Evans

  • He's one sure-enough tough nut, an 'I'd hate to try to crack him, but the queer thing is he don't drink or chew or go hellin' around with the boys.

    Oh, You Tex! William MacLeod Raine 1912

  • Them greasers, the way they're hellin 'around over the country shootin' and fightin ', they got to have good hawses under' em.

    Skyrider B. M. Bower 1905

  • 34, Well hellin at least you got the money line, ralph completely missed it.

    Think Progress » Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News contributor. 2010

  • 34, Well hellin at least you got the money line, ralph completely missed it.

    Think Progress » Sarah Palin signs on as Fox News contributor. 2010

  • "It's this way, I be'n thinkin 'quite a bit the last couple of days there ain't a thing in hellin' around the country punchin 'other folks' cattle for wages.

    The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country 1921

  • "Cut through them cottonwoods somewheres and let us go by a-hellin '.

    Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters 1916

  • "You gotta quit hellin 'around now an' behave yorese'f like a respectable m-married man.

    The Fighting Edge William MacLeod Raine 1912

  • And I guess it's time fer Casey Ryan to quit hellin 'around the country an' settle down an 'behave himself. "

    The Trail of the White Mule B. M. Bower 1905

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