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  • Beyond the bole of the tree a small negro in short skirts was "shooin '" a large rooster into the henhouse, but at the muffled fall of Gay's horse's hoofs on the dead leaves, she turned with a choking sound, and fled to the shelter of the kitchen at her back.

    The Miller of Old Church 1911

  • "shooin '" a large rooster into the henhouse, but at the muffled fall of

    The Miller Of Old Church Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909

  • I have a feeling come november alot of u Obama supporters will be dissapointed because atleast if Hillary was nominated youd have a chance at seeing Obama as a VP and inevitable shooin for next presendency.

    Clinton has double-digit lead in Puerto Rico 2008

  • I kno I gotted up at leest sicks tiemz, moovin stuff, shooin hur awf stuff, etc.

    OMG, is - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • I wood be scoopin up teh kitteh an shooin away teh eaglol, simul… simolt… at teh same tiem.

    Heeeere burdee burdee burdee - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • And she was always shooin 'you out the door because you kept trying to tell her how to do things, remember?

    Texas Lawman Chambers, Ginger 1998

  • Milly Amos set back of Uncle Jim, and his red bandanna handkerchief was lyin 'over his shoulders where he'd been shooin' the flies away.

    Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall

  • Well, instead of shooin 'him off I'd only got him stickin' tighter'n a wad of gum to a typewriter's wrist watch, and after trying to do some more heavy thinkin 'with him watchin' admirin 'from where I'd planted him in a corner, I gives it up.

    Torchy and Vee Sewell Ford 1907

  • "Well, aw dooant know, but aw've a pair o 'donkey shooin here, if tha thinks they'll fit yor Sammy tha can have' em an 'welcome."

    Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

  • I don't think Hepsy keeps no sort o 'count o' the nights an 'nights I 've walked the floor with the baby, whishin' an 'shooin' on 't, and singin 'to 't till my thrut wus sore, an' then hed to git up afore daylight to split oven-wood, an then right to my blacksmithin ', jest to git a little money to git the meat an meal an' suthin 'comfort'ble fur dinner!

    Oldtown Folks 1869

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