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Examples
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Thar my Remington hangs, and thar there's a griddle-cake br'ilin '--
The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902
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I put the bacon in the b'ilin'-pot to keep the hounds from gittin 'it.
Whirligigs O. Henry 1886
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After losing much of its land in 1948 and due to the massive construction of settlements on its lands since 1967, Ni’ilin is now left with merely 7,000 dunams (1,700 acres). 2,500 dunams (about 620 acres) of these lands are expected to be left isolated and effectively confiscated behind Israel’s illegal segregation wall according to the current trajectory.
Two Youth Murdered As Israel Tries To Suppress Ni’ilin Uprising | Disinformation 2008
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Israeli lawyer Gaby Lasky, who represents many of Bil'in and Ni'ilin's detainees, was informed by Israel's military prosecutors that the army had decided to end demonstrations against the Wall, and that it intends to use legal procedures to do so.
Rabbi Brant Rosen: Beyond the Flotilla, the Crackdown Continues 2010
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"Kittle's b'ilin '," he announced, flinging in the information as a general gratuity.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various
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"It'll be b'ilin 'in about eight minutes," replied my quondam rival, with a boo-hoo of vulgar laughter.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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It's oncommon hot, you see, down hereaway on the Mississippi, and I reckon that's the reason that you southern gentlemen _are_ sich an almighty b'ilin 'up people, who take a gougin' to your breakfast as we should a mackerel.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Various
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"De tar-kittle's a b'ilin 'on de keen jump, Mas'r Mellasys."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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He knows thet, if 'e shows up in this-hyar kentry ag'in, the Devil's Pot'll have' im fer a b'ilin '. An' thet's 'nuf fer Zeke's case.
Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily
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Says she, 'I never hear a sparrer chirpin' and a kittle b'ilin ', that I don't think o' the dinner Mary Andrews had the day Judge McGowan spoke at the big barbecue. '
Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall
fbharjo commented on the word ilin
a lau(g)h without Gs - giggling
December 15, 2008