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  • (As Blanchard half reached toward his hip pocket.) I ain't startin 'anythin' here.

    CHAPTER XII 2010

  • I notice he has a way of forgettin 'anythin' he wants to tell Paw till jest before meal time.

    The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire 1914

  • (As Blanchard half reached toward his hip pocket.) I ain't startin 'anythin' here.

    Chapter 12 1913

  • "Don't take on!" he panted as they placed him upon the nearest cot and began to strip his icy clothing from him; "this ain't what ye might call anythin 'at all!"

    Janet of the Dunes

  • She was never called anythin 'but the Alcázar, long as ever I knew her, and I expect I know full's much about her as anybody round here.

    In Exile and Other Stories Mary Hallock Foote 1892

  • "but I never heard of his professin 'anythin' -- 'nless 't was laziness."

    The Tangled Threads 1894

  • I've seen him knock over a heap o 'things without sayin' anythin '-- with jist that smile. "

    The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales Bret Harte 1869

  • Her father came to her rescue. "if you're not doin 'anythin', why don't you come help me pick out which paintings to send to the exhibition?"

    Texas Lawman Chambers, Ginger 1998

  • Maybe you ain't even connectin 'anythin' to them or to stiffs they got anythin 'to do with, but they don't know that and they ain't gonna stop to ask if they get you in their sights.'

    Quite Ugly One Morning Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1996

  • "Thas more dangerous these days than bein 'anythin' but a Buggie," he said, using the rude term for a nonhuman.

    The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

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