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  • At Bob Hanson's feedlot, supply and demand, the grease that keeps the economy rolling, is known as askin 'and gettin'.

    billingsgazette.com 2010

  • Ponta reaches for his jaw, an two minutes afterward Mickey's openin 'his eyes an' askin 'what's doin'.

    Chapter 6 2010

  • I think I've seen something on this elswhere - I think they're getting special filter taps installed, because ordinary tap water is beneath them jus' askin'

    Thirsty civil servants? 2008

  • Something that went right for Eric and Magnus, though, Ah'm bound to say, odds are it's the Good Neighbors, and vexin 'as it is, even something like this, it could be their way o' askin 'for help — or givin' help — or payin 'a social call as much as bein' unmannerly.

    Music to My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Something that went right for Eric and Magnus, though, Ah'm bound to say, odds are it's the Good Neighbors, and vexin 'as it is, even something like this, it could be their way o' askin 'for help-or givin' help-or payin 'a social call as much as bein' unmannerly.

    Music To My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • That night all the slaves went up to the "Big House", wurried an 'askin' 'Young

    Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

  • Weel, wee Sandy was aye rinnin 'ower to the hoose an' askin 'aboot the bailie.

    St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles

  • I tell you I'm in bad all the ways around, with the whole force passin 'me the grin an' askin 'me have I saw Broadway Bill lately?

    The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest 1921

  • Think of your goin 'to the Howes -- to the Howes of all people -- an' askin 'for eggs!

    The Wall Between Sara Ware Bassett 1920

  • I'll have no skipper buttin 'in on me, tellin' me how to run me engines an 'askin' me why in this an 'that I don't go aisy on the coal.

    Cappy Ricks Retires 1918

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