sleepin

"You see," continued Grim, "we've been actin 'every night for a week past; well, if we hadn't been actin', we should ha 'been thinkin' an 'sleepin' -- too much of which, you see, ain't good for us, Buzzby, and would never pay."

The World of Ice 1859

Last night I were layin 'sleepin' darling, and I declare I was sleepin 'all by myself

Big Bill Broonzy Lyrics 2009

Last night I were layin 'sleepin', and I declare I was sleepin 'all by myself

Big Bill Broonzy Lyrics 2009

Br'er Coon, he look like he jus' sleepin', but he dead.

Gloom jhetley 2008

'cos that's what my mammy comes an' tells me every night, wakin 'an' sleepin '-- that's what she comes an' tells me, reia, in the waggin an 'in the tent, an' aneath the sun an 'aneath the stars -- an' that's what the fiery eyes of the Romany Sap says out o 'the ferns an' the grass, an 'in the Londra streets, whenever I thinks o' you.

Aylwin Theodore Watts-Dunton 1873

"Ten dollahs a day, boy, comf'table place fo 'sleepin', an 'all de grub you kin eat."

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

"It'll be a case o 'sleepin' in ther open, 'throut kiver, eatin' w'en yer kin, an 'gittin' anything we kin shoot an 'havin' it hafe cooked ur not cooked at all, an 'lots o' other inconveniences thet'll make yer long fer ther comforts o 'home."

Frank Merriwell's Bravery Burt L. Standish 1905

"Hit's her busy day fo 'sleepin', ain 'hit?" he said, poking a blunt finger into the soft cheek.

A Tar-Heel Baron Edward Stratton Holloway 1903

But at my age, sir, you get nervous; standin 'about the streets as I been this last week, an' sleepin 'in them doss-houses -- Oh, they're dreadful rough places -- a dreadful rough lot there!

The Island Pharisees John Galsworthy 1900

But at my age, sir, you get nervous; standin 'about the streets as I been this last week, an' sleepin 'in them doss-houses -- Oh, they're dreadful rough places -- a dreadful rough lot there!

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