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  • Pa he was kinder fidgetin 'and snorting like he thought the triers was a poor bunch, and Ma she says kinder scared like,' Let's go, Pa; 'but Pa he steps forward, and he says low to the man will he let our bunch in if he stays on the mule's back a minute.

    William Adolphus Turnpike William Banks

  • Gaius Ellis, another chronic, who is postmaster and skipper of the 'Progressives,' had been fidgetin 'in his seat, and now up he bobs and says he's for it; then every

    The Depot Master Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • Zach was a whimperin ', fidgetin' old woman, Lafayette and Emulous was prayin 'in the scuppers -- and that ain't an exercise they're used to, neither -- and even' Bije was mighty shook up and worried -- he says he was himself.

    Keziah Coffin Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • "You see," says I, fidgetin 'some on my own account, "he -- he's goin' home in a minute or two. "

    Shorty McCabe on the Job Sewell Ford 1907

  • Ah'd be scratchin 'masel' an 'fidgetin' an 'trying not to puke up or shit masel', and before you knew it Ah'd be writhin 'about on the floor, withdrawin' and scaring all the old ladies.

    High Society Elton, Ben 2002

  • At a glance I can tell by his fidgetin this book ain’t nuthin but lies, so he can count on gettin somethin other than an official endorsement.

    Coffee and Conversation with Hegel and Manfried Grossbart – by Jesse Bullington 2009

  • There were we, worried, nervous, distraught, and there was he fidgetin’ about a cold comin’ on.

    The Fashion in Shrouds Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1931

  • "Say, Rosalie, there's somethin 'been fidgetin' me fer quite a while.

    The Daughter of Anderson Crow George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • "She wes fidgetin 'in her seat when he yokit on Mary, an' the meenut he named her 'our Scottish Jezebel 'the Miss rose an' opened the seat door that calm, a 'knew she wes in a tantrum, and she gied him a look afore she closed the kirk door that wud hae brocht ony man tae his senses.

    Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878

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