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  • If all things Holmesian is what you're alookin for, you would do well to pick up the 12/13/04 issue of The New Yorker.

    THE GAME REMAINS AFOOT TEV 2004

  • He wuz settin 'on his haunches, his head turned alookin' at the pine knot.

    Sergeant York And His People

  • She keeps alookin 'under tables all the while like she expected to see tigers and lions acrouchin' there, ready to take a bite out of her.

    Chums of the Camp Fire Lawrence J. Leslie

  • She tossed her head and made her eyes look little and ugly like a pig, and once she got up to go, and he grabbed her hands and made her set down; and just set there fer sometime alookin 'at her hard an' holdin 'her han's and chewin' the rag at her.

    The City of Fire Grace Livingston Hill 1906

  • Our country's bird alookin 'on an' singin 'out hosanner,

    Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I Various 1900

  • Jack was alookin 'ahead all th' time tryin 't' see th 'Johnnies comin' through th 'woods, an' he never paid no attention t 'this big fat feller fer a long time, but at last he turned' round an 'he ses:' Ah, go t 'hell an' find th 'road t' th 'river!'

    The Red Badge of Courage 1895

  • Our country's bird alookin 'on an' singin 'out hosanner,

    The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855

  • Our country's bird alookin 'on an' singin 'out hosanner,

    The Biglow Papers James Russell Lowell 1855

  • Better alookin 'in than out, though it seems sing'lar, tu; 20

    The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855

  • If my friends come alookin 'for me, tell 'em I'm at the Frisky.

    The Reverse Cowgirl 2008

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