stan'in

I's stan'in 'by de fox box, thinkin' as how I'd get a burry under de jail, 'cause I done seed a big rat 'ole dar 'fore, an' I knowed if I had all dem 'ar houn's scratchin', dey'd make de dirt fly.

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

"What for are ye stan'in 'there, ye fule?" asked his new friend.

Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various

I tried it, -- darned 'f I sot daown f'r th' nex 'week, -- ëat all my victuals stan'in'.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various

One night, -- 't wuz jest a year from the night I'd walked 'ith him in thet lane, -- I wuz stan'in' by the door, an 'all ter once I heerd a noise an' crash ez ef all the thunderbolts in the Almighty's hand hed fallen together, an 'I run deown the lane an' met the men bringin 'up sunthin' on an old door.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various

One night I woke up, with my hair stan'in 'on end, an' heerd Rachel

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Various

Marse Chan he warn 'mo'n eight years ole, an' dyah dey wuz-old marster stan'in 'wid he whup raised up, an' Marse Chan red an 'cryin', hol'in 'on to it, an' sayin 'I b'longst to' im.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

An 'I can't nowise blame him, now he's got his head above water agin, for not stan'in' it to have a man like McCann heave a stone at him jest ez he's makin 'for shore.

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

An 'I says to myse'f,' Mose, yoh ole fool, what you stan'in 'heah foh?

That Mainwaring Affair

She wuz mons'us purty ez she stood dyar wid de green bushes behine her, an 'she hed jes' a few flowers in her breas '-- right hyah -- and some leaves in her sorrel hyar; an' de moon come out an 'shined down on her hyar an' her frock an '' peared like de light wuz jes 'stan'in' off it ez she stood dyar lookin 'at Marse

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

Then she went into the house, an 'I turned for home; but I hadn't gone ten steps afore I come agin somebody stan'in' in the middle o 'the road.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Various