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  • Are you so proud o 'thievin' an 'bullyin' that you want every one to know, or do you want to tell only a part o 'the story so as you'll look all right an' the other fellow all wrong.

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

  • And then when I'd sold my barrowful, I was a-goin '' ome with the chink in my pocket, and I'm blowed if some bloomin 'thievin' beggar didn't nick the lot whilst I was just a-wettin 'of my whistle, for callin' of oranges is dry work.

    The Phoenix and the Carpet 1891

  • 'thievin' old shanty wasn't burnt down around his ears! '

    From Sand Hill to Pine Bret Harte 1869

  • Actually, Mike, I believe that was Dave, although I've had my own tales of woe with thievin 'beotches, and it seems to be getting worse.

    Hunters Robbing Hunters Dave Hurteau 2008

  • Yeah, but you still vote for this thievin 'lot, don't you?

    Hit and Myth Newmania 2007

  • Ah say we git a posse together and go hunt down the thievin' varmints!

    Evolving or Devolving? From Comebacks to CamelBaks BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • This ain't happened since Colonel Toland and that bunch of thievin' yankee cavalry of his came through here in 1863 on their way up the turnpike to burn the train depot over in Wytheville and, in the process, burn every barn and mill along the way. true story.

    From On High 2005

  • The constant and repetitive images of "looting" and the rumors of murderers and rapists running rampant are consistent with this nation's historical pattern of viewing blacks as "shiftless, lazy, thievin ', triflin asses," which surfaces continuously in sit-coms, soaps, reality shows, movies and other media.

    The Real Looters 2005

  • On'y I wuz in mercs cuz I wuz caught thievin 'an' had t '' ide, so me'n a couple other young fools decided we stick t'gether an 'see' f I cud teach 'em wut I knew 'bout thievin '.

    Take A Thief Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • On'y I wuz in mercs cuz I wuz caught thievin 'an' had t '' ide, so me'n a couple other young fools decided we stick t'gether an 'see' f I cud teach 'em wut I knew 'bout thievin '.

    Take A Thief Lackey, Mercedes 2001

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