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I thought you was well off, and I'm sure the neighbours think the same, for the place looks pretty full an 'thrivin'.
Fighting the Flames 1859
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Kickass43: iznt it nice that lebanons a thrivin peaceful democrcy now ...
Danielle Crittenden: The President's Secret IMs: Will The Israelis Take Out Hillary Too? 2008
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It's fifteen years now since we wed still in every way we're thrivin '
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"You say there's stock there now?" asked the old man, for he was gray-haired, "Well, if they've been thrivin 'by themselves so far, what's the good of you an' your cousins campin 'there to watch 'em eat?"
The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X Willard F. Baker
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Me two sisters got married soon as they were eighteen -- one to a thrivin 'young squatter, an' the other to a rich old banker.
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916
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But it well repays a visit, bein 'a thrivin', bustlin 'Swede city with a good club.
Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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He ain't thrivin 'where he is, an' I paid eighteen shillin 'for him.'
A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Harbor, that spring; an ''twas not until midsummer that I got the chance t' drop in t 'see how my godson was thrivin'.
Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893
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I hedged it in with roundabout reasons an 'facts, tellin' 'im he'd' a 'had letter after letter about how the baby was thrivin' if he'd just answered Hettie's first official proclamation, and so on, and so on.
Dixie Hart 1888
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But laddie is thrivin 'on the food here, I must say.
Killykinick 1888
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