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"As fer stealin '-- out an' out _stealin '," _ continued the girl, with a proud toss of her head, "we Craggs ain't never took noth'n 'that don't belong to us from nobody.
Mary Louise in the Country J. Allen St. [Illustrator] John 1887
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 The man talks to him briefly about how stealin is immoral, only to have Rex snarl that his parents SENT him to get food.
Review: Invincible Presents Atom Eve & Rex Splode #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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It's called thiefin ', stealin', taking what's not yours
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Sez I, "Sunthin 'like that, namely stealin' the interior of folkses heads, has been done time and agin among more civilized folks, and it don't work; they git found out."
Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands Marietta Holley 1881
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(Jokingly to Sims) See whut capers you Meth'dis niggers'll cut -- lammin 'folks over de head wid mule bones an' stealin 'they turkeys.
De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts Zora Neale Hurston
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Chasin 'sheep-herders out of the country an' stealin 'sheep -- thet ain't stealin' gurls by a long sight.
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Chasin 'sheep-herders out of the country an' stealin 'sheep -- thet ain't stealin' gurls by a long sight.
The Man of the Forest Zane Grey 1905
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If you had saved a bit then, you'd have it to fall back on now when times is bad, and not need to be goin 'stealin' yarn and wood.
The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I Gerhart Hauptmann 1904
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He warn't satisfied with comin 'here an' stealin 'you away from me!
In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901
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"Ef I ain 'wuth but a dollar an' a quarter, I suttenly ain 'stealin' _much_!"
The Littlest Rebel Edward Henry Peple 1896
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