a-lookin

At that time I researched and wrote a young adult biography of Mary Shelley (still a-lookin 'for a home with a publisher) and have begun work on Edgar Poe.

An Interview With Educator and Author Daniel Dyer 2010

"Me and Kink's goin 'a-lookin' for Too Much Gold when we get rested up."

Too Much Gold 2010

"Me and Kink's goin 'a-lookin' for Too Much Gold when we get rested up."

TOO MUCH GOLD 2010

But when Mike McIntire of the New York Times 'Caucus blog went a-lookin', he found out that ... someone from Barack Obama's staff mistakenly listed Iowa's date of statehood as 1846, not 1848.

Daily Digest: 8/21/07 2007

'So I am a-lookin' at it,' replied Sam, 'but there's another blot.

Sam Weller's Walentine 2005

Den I went into de yuther room, en 'uz gone 'bout ten minutes; en when I come back, dah was dat do' a-stannin 'open yit, en dat chile stannin' mos 'right in it, a-lookin' down and mournin ', en de tears runnin' down.

The Atlantic | July/August 2001 | Mark Twain's Reconstruction | Blount Jr. 2001

Old Bersicker kep 'a-lookin' arter '' im till 'e was out of sight, and then went and lay down in a corner, and wouldn't come hout the' ole hevening.

The Deadlocked City Elon, Amos 2001

ANDY GRIFFITH, ACTOR: And what I seen was this whole raft of people a-settin 'on these two banks, and a-lookin' at one another across this pretty little green cow pasture.

CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2001 2001

I'm a-lookin 'for that bully and he must be found.

Bully of the Town 2000

And the man that's got just one wife is a-lookin 'out for more,

Tittery Irie Aye 1999