quirin

An ', suh, us cullud folkses can't bear too much' quirin 'into.

Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Anonymous

"And I'll tell yer more 'n all," said Andy; "I specs you'd better be making tracks for dem hosses, -- mighty sudden, too, -- for I hearn Missis 'quirin' arter yer, -- so you've stood foolin 'long enough."

Uncle Tom's cabin, or Life among the lowly 1852

Mr. Melburn was 'quirin' 'bout it, an 'he' vised me to go over to him, w'en I gits bothered, an 'he will' splain it to me. "

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

Run quick, honey, foh your mah is 'quirin' foh youse. "

Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

It's just that, well, after you've got a few such items, do you want to spend the rest of eternity ac-quirin 'more?

The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989

But of a Feller Remember me to your Husband & all in quirin

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

Ef I hed spent that time a-moanin 'fur my sins an' settin 'my soul at peace, I'd be' quirin 'roun' the throne o 'Grace now!

'way Down In Lonesome Cove 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

Yes, I see him only day afore yesterday, and he was 'quirin arter you, and we thought we' d find you over in this 'ere house, 'cause I' d seen smoke a comin 'out o' the chimblies.

Oldtown Folks 1869

I heerd you wuz a big man an 'had libbed heah a long time, an' I 'lowed you wouldn't min' ef I'd come roun 'an' ax you ef you'd eber heerd of a merlatter man by de name er Sam Taylor 'quirin' roun 'in de chu'ches ermongs' de people fer his wife 'Liza Jane? "

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

I heerd you wuz a big man an 'had libbed heah a long time, an' I 'lowed you wouldn't min' ef I'd come roun 'an' ax you ef you'd eber heerd of a merlatter man by de name er Sam Taylor 'quirin' roun 'in de chu'ches ermongs' de people fer his wife 'Liza Jane? "

The Wife of his Youth 1898