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After freedom, by a vote, de members jines up, out of respect to de family, wid de Afican Methodist
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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The trail goes by that there belt of timber, then jines the stage-road to Allewe, an 'follows that a piece, then it shunts off to the west straight for the bluff thar, purty nearly a bee-line.
Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton
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'Twon't be long' fo 'mammy jines you an' daddy whar dar ain't no onjestice an 'no mizry.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various
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And Bush says, 'Well, if the old idiot ever jines this church, we'll hold his head under the water so long that he won't be able to spile good music agin.'
Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall
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"She 'jines onto your road up the mountain just by the top of the rise," replied the ranger.
The Rules of the Game Stewart Edward White 1909
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It looks an 'feels like hot soup with people floatin' around in it like viggytables. Th 'smoke poors fr'm th' chimbly iv th 'rollin' mills an 'comes right down on th' sthreet an 'jines us.
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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An 'they desthroy th' hat, an 'th' man undher it succumbs to th 'rule iv th' majority an 'jines th' mob.
Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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At eight bells in the first watch, the watch below was called; and as soon as they came on deck three on 'em goes straight over and jines the mutineers without a word; so it was clear as 'twas all planned afore among 'em.
For Treasure Bound Harry Collingwood 1886
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He jines in en he talk politics same like t'er fokes, twel bimeby dinner-time come 'roun', en dey ax 'im up, w'ich 'greed wid his stummuck, en he pozzit his bag underneed de table' long-side de udder bags w'at de hongry fokes'd brung.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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"Joe Wilkinson and Washington Cromwell -- them two jines," said the captain.
The Frozen Pirate 1877
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