rustin

Every time I come 'ere a-gatherin' watercress, I come in an 'give un a look, an' watch un rustin 'away, an' rustin 'away; I'll see un go fust, arter all, so I will! "and, with another nod at the staple, he turned, and hobbled out into the sunshine.

The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915

Ef a body know'd the whole thing from the start, thet'd be int'rustin ',' n 'it' ud be vallyable too. "

In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

I'm a man of steel, but I'm rustin '-- what a winner.

Winner 1999

I'm a man of steel, but I'm rustin '-- what a winner.

The Winner 1999

Why, say! youse couldn't no more keep a gun from rustin 'in this wet bush' thout hot water than Warry Hilliams can kill anything goin 'faster than three-legged deer.

The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson

I rub it on boots, I keep my guns and ax from rustin 'by smearin' it on.

With Trapper Jim in the North Woods Lawrence J. Leslie

"There's a half dozen washtubs rustin 'away under there."

Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945

Then I put my lips together in a dogged way an 'settled down to a lonesome life, cheered a little by the prattle of little Hannah, an' kept from rustin 'by the farm work.

McClure's Magazine December, 1895 Ida M. Tarbell 1900

"There ain't nuthin 'left' cept that old tourist that's been rustin 'and kiln-dryin' up 'longside the shops since last winter," said the junior helplessly.

Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila Charles King 1888

Naggeneen answered: "me, that don't belong to your thribe at all, and forty lazy spalpeens around here wearin 'their legs off wid dancin' or rustin 'them off wid doin' nothin 'at all?"

Fairies and Folk of Ireland William Henry Frost 1882