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  • Juss stoopin en fur ah hellowifahkwikiness bafur ai goo kleam

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  • Joe's condition is suthin 'like the snappin' turtle's when he cotched a-holt of Peleg Swift's red nose as he was stoopin 'ter git

    How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long

  • This bildin 'is surrounded by piazas, where the fare sects slam out, araid in gushin' apparel and stoopin 'and tremblin' under their lode of false hair, like an Irishman under a hod full of bricks.

    Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 Various

  • In this stoopin 'posture their hands hangs down, and the picter seen in nateral history, of a Kangeroo trying to stand ereckt, gives us what is called the Greshun bend.

    Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 Various

  • I can see 'em now stoopin 'over the quiltin' frames -- Milly talkin 'as hard as she sewed, Sally Ann throwin' in a word now and then, and Maria never openin 'her mouth except to ask for the thread or the chalk.

    Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall

  • Went off like candle-snuff, CHARLIE, while stoopin 'to lace up' is boot.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 Various

  • Dey wan't no light in Aunt Maria's cabin, but dey wuz a little fiah in de back yah'd, an 'Lijah, he seed some one a-stoopin' ovah it.

    The Cat in Grandfather's House Carl Henry Grabo

  • I could jest see Dick's head and shoulders and the top of Milly's head, but they looked to be mighty close together, and Dick was stoopin 'over and whisperin' somethin 'to her.'

    Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall

  • The bolls hang low, sometimes, an 'yo've got to go pickin', pickin ', stoopin' halfway oveh an 'the hot sun beatin' down on yo 'neck an' back.

    The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

  • When you get to my age and waist measure you'll realize that stoopin 'over and comfort don't go together.

    Cap'n Warren's Wards Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

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