stirrin

It's a good enough country for them that's young an 'stirrin' -- but there's faults in it.

Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

It's a good enough country for them that's young an 'stirrin' -- but there's faults in it.

Little Lord Fauntleroy 1886

To those who would actually pay to hear this person speak (it had to be torture to anyone who has an ear for English) let's hope it was at least "stirrin '" ..

Palin gives 'stirring' gun rights speech at NRA dinner, says group 2009

'Then aiblins,' replied the elder, stooping and knocking the ashes from his pipe against the fender, 'there micht be a bit gliff, an' this bit paper micht come in gey useful by way o 'stirrin' up his conscience the whilk, I'm thinkin ', has been growin' stiff i 'his auld age.

Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

You see, Stefana'd hear me beatin 'the eggs an' stirrin ', if I did 'em at home.

Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings Annie Hamilton Donnell

The ''s somethin' stirrin 'among th' rocks; I hear th 'soun' of it in th 'night, when th' wind has stopped blowin '.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

He said I was a good man and had never given anybody any trouble and that there wasn't any excuse for anybody comin 'stirrin' up trouble with me.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

I misdoubt there's somethin 'stirrin' to take thim to his door the day.

The Calling of Dan Matthews Harold Bell Wright 1908

The graveyard was all dark an 'quiet, with little piles o' rocks an 'stone tables ter mark the graves, an' a four - or five-foot wall runnin 'all round it; an' somehow, without nothin 'stirrin' at all, the whole blame place seemed chock full o 'movin' shadders.

Humorous Ghost Stories Dorothy Scarborough 1906

"Thar's somethin 'stirrin' at 'Bize Wiley's, ur his dorg wouldn't be kickin' up all that racket," observed Kate Kenyon.

Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905