beatin

"No, Miss; I never puts in sich truck; jes a pinch o 'salt an' not too much water; takes a heap o 'beatin' make 'em good."

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984

Did ye hear 'bout Hopewell Drugg gittin 'drunk, an' beatin 'his wife, an' I dunno but they say by this time that it's his fault lettle

How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long

Tha's howcome I didn 'git no mo' beatin's than I did!

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

I come near catchin 'the brat up by the feet an' beatin 'its can off.

Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Harry Alverson Franck 1921

CARTER [_moving his jaw from side to side, affecting to chew to gain confidence_]: Well, Mr. Gibson, to come down to plain words -- there ain't no two best ways o 'beatin' about the bush.

The Gibson Upright Booth Tarkington 1907

Think uv a feller, when he feels like takin 'a scalp, comin' out before the hull army an 'beatin' a big brass shield till it rattled like a tin pan, an 'then, when he got 'em all to lookin' an 'listenin', hollerin 'at the top uv his voice,' I'm A-Killus, Defyer uv the

The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky 1890

William Benson was not a sentimental or imaginative person, and he confessed he couldn't make head nor tail out o 'the affair; said it was the queerest an' beatin'est weddin 'that ever took place in Bonny

Ladies-In-Waiting Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

I could hear her busy with the dishes an 'beatin' eggs an 'stirrin', an 'I knew she was puttin' herself out to get up a great supper, and I kind o 'fidgeted about a little an' even stepped to the door, but I thought she 'd expect me to remain where I was.

The Queen's Twin and Other Stories Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

"No use o 'beatin' around the bush, Mr. Durham," said Bagley, good - naturedly; "we've come here to 'arn our livin', and to do as you say."

Driven Back to Eden Edward Payson Roe 1863

She better wear these to the topless beach THIS year … … or I'll give her a fuckin 'beatin' … … … you have such a way with the ladies … … … … ….

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