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- adjective Geordie Totally
stinking .
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Examples
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"Sure then she'll have to make up her mind," said Jerry, "to live on air, which is too light food intirely for any wan excep 'hummin'-birds and potes."
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"I know more 'n that; I know where to find yellow lady's-slippers' n 'the yewberries' n 'hummin'-bird nests."
Seven Miles to Arden Ruth Sawyer 1925
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I saw the sage, an 'runnin' hosses -- an 'thet's the beautfulest sight to me -- an' I saw dim things in the dark, an 'there was a kind of hummin' in my ears.
Riders of the Purple Sage Zane Grey 1905
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'Sing, ye bloomin' hummin 'bird!' said he, and Ortheris, beating time on Learoyd's skull, delivered himself, in the raucous voice of the
Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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"Sing, ye bloomin 'hummin' bird!" said he, and Ortheris, beating time on
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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'Sing, ye bloomin' hummin 'bird!' said he, and Ortheris, beating time on
Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900
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By next winter, with everything hummin 'an' shipshape, what's the matter with us makin 'a visit to Carmel?
CHAPTER XXII 2010
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(Soundbite of song, "Train Of Love") Mr. GILMORE: (Singing) Train of love's a-comin ', big black wheels a-hummin'.
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(Soundbite of song, "Train Of Love") Mr. GILMORE: (Singing) Train of love's a-comin ', big black wheels a-hummin'.
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(Soundbite of song, "Train Of Love") Mr. GILMORE: (Singing) Train of love's a-comin ', big black wheels a-hummin'.
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