leavin's

He ain't much given to livin 'like a pig often leavin's.

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"Wal, p'r'aps the 'du jest make eout ter live thar; but my ole 'oman likes 'em ter hum -- they clean up a place like -- eat up all th' leavin's, an 'give th' young nigs suthin 'ter du."

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

Of course, the other folks may listen to it, but it is understood betwixt me an 'you thet it's all yours, an' whatever goes inter their ears is jest ther leavin's.

Ted Strong's Motor Car Edward C. Taylor

They clean up a place like, eat up all th 'leavin's, an' give th 'young nigs suthin' ter du. '

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Send a cart, if y 'like,' n 'carry off them leavin's to make a celebration for your pupils with!

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Various

I gets th'oo wid 'dat man de jail folks sho' have to pen him up in a barrel to hol 'de leavin's.

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

The pig snooted around and found the place where we had dumped the leavin's of the mash after we had took off the brine.

Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945

There's no coolin 'off with him an' then warmin 'up the leavin's of his rage the next mornin'.

The Wall Between Sara Ware Bassett 1920

He was after a girl here in town, a Dora Cowper, an 'so she says she ain't goin' to take any leavin's; but he ain't any leavin's, she can be sure of that, for if he'd wanted Dora Cowper they'd have snapped him up, an 'I think as long as a young feller don't go making too much of a fool of a girl, a little flirtation's only natural.

Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916

He ain't much given to livin 'like a pig often leavin's.

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