patchin

An ', tell ye wut, them shoes'll want a thund'rin sight o' patchin ',

The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855

I wad hae a 'that cleart oot, an syne begin frae the verra foondation, diggin', an 'patchin', an 'buttressin', till I got it a 'as soun' as a whunstane; an 'whan I cam to the tap o' the rock, there the castel sud tak to growin 'again; an' grow it sud, till there it stude, as near what it was as the wit an 'the han' o 'man cud set it. "

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

Come on in - we've all been cabbage-patchin 'about that bought primetime tv time here - GOBAMA!!!

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Fred is awesome, in part because Fred is going to give me a bit of money ... enough money, anyway, that I can afford to go to Wiscon, which makes me do a roof-raisin ', cabbage-patchin' happy dance right here in my living room.

Not dead yet 2006

Mammy, she made her little money knittin 'socks, and patchin' clothes at night, and she had done saved up nigh $40.00 in

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

But that wasn't a patchin 'to the time we had dinner with a rich friend

Writing for Vaudeville Brett Page

He isn't a bit vicious, but he do run his heels down at the corners, and he's awful wearin 'on his pants-bottoms and keeps me patchin' and mendin 'most of the time --' contributing to the end in view, 'as

Hepsey Burke

I s'pose when ye got a lot of patchin 'and sewin' to do, ye'll be callin 'on me but ye won't fin' me in.

Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden

I hyah you all been prayin 'fer me ter come in chu'ch -- cause de ole roof wants patchin' I reckon.

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The women spent that time washin ', cleanin' up the cabins, patchin ', and gittin' ready for the next week.

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