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A dollar a week don't sound a whole lot, p'raps, but it sure takes some gettin '; folks expects a deal o' scrubbin 'an' sewin 'an' slavin 'for a dollar -- yes, sir. "
The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915
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I knew it was right out there, anywhere, all around the cabin, but there was always the bread to set, the scrubbin 'and the washin' and the work that was never done.
The Night-Born 2010
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One last view of the Iowa license plate (on which Hayden sliced his toe, bandaged it, and went right back to scrubbin!)
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One last view of the Iowa license plate (on which Hayden sliced his toe, bandaged it, and went right back to scrubbin!)
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You got one use woman, only one thing for me for sure after you get washed up from scrubbin that dirty floor yeah I'm a dirty mother for ya, and though I roam
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Also grate is the “Too Many Dirty Dishes” tune ware he makes the runnin water and scrubbin pots sounds on his guitbox.
Happy cat is happy - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"Laundry an 'mendin' is what I'd druther do; dishes, floor washin ', an' scrubbin 'is what I can do, but druther have laundry an' mendin '," he said immediately.
Take A Thief Lackey, Mercedes 2001
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"I figured they wanted me to show 'em how things should be done in a royal household, but they only set me to scrubbin 'floors and talkin' to other prisoners."
The Hand of Chaos Hickman, Tracy 1993
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Wi her fingers reid raw wi the scrubbin oot a yole
The Fisherman's Wife 1992
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Anyway, I cannot do it, so I listen to the game on the radio while I'm scrubbin out the latrine.
Forrest Gump Groom, Winston, 1944- 1986
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