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  • 'Quick ut is,' sez Kiss t'rowin 'him the kyard; an' ut fell face up on his knee -- Black Jack!

    Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • "Quick ut is," sez Kiss, t'rowin 'him the kyard; an' ut fell face up on his knee -- Black Jack!

    Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • "We can't move at all unless we git out the oars an 'row, an' a lazy man like me ain't fond o 'rowin' seventy or eighty miles across a big lake."

    The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand 1890

  • He told her laconically that "Chimmie was pinched fur t'rowin 'de bones."

    The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

  • "What a bunch o 'rowin' she-cats!" she heard him chuckling.

    The Desired Woman 1888

  • Please don 'you go t'rowin' nuffin to de sharks, not 'roun' dese waters, anyhow. "

    Plotting in Pirate Seas Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

  • Even the sight of a two-dollar bill could not sway her, offered, as Mr. Perkins explained, not in the hope of bribing her to do anything that was forbidden, but as pay in case Johnnie proved to be any trouble; for she had explained, "Kids is fierce for t'rowin 'trash

    The Rich Little Poor Boy Eleanor Gates 1913

  • Cheer up, mabbe de Doc'll be out to-night, an 'if he don't hear youse yellin' himself will I tell him youse are out on de beach t'rowin 'a fit? "

    The Miracle Man 1909

  • "Hey, miss," yelled one of the newsboys, "you're t'rowin 'your money away.

    A Splendid Hazard Harold MacGrath 1901

  • "I seed yo 'rowin' off an 'I didn't see yo' cum back, so I says to myself, 'Da is stuck fast on de wreck.'

    Young Captain Jack The Son of a Soldier Edward Stratemeyer 1896

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