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I feel so lonesome lef 'behin' -- I tink 'twas bes 'mebbe --
The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems William Henry Drummond 1880
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"You're sly -- but I seen you givin 'her that airin' behin 'Lizette and Sadie B. --"
The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore
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My work in slavery times wuz ridin 'behin' my Missus, Clara Griffin, who wuz my old missus 'sister's daughter.
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One night he saw her go thu 'de bushes, and he crep' behin 'her.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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Den dey took all de silver, meat an 'things de Yankees lef' behin 'an' buried it so if dey come back dey couldn 'fin' it.
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I was only waitin 'long enough to let him get his gun to his shoulder when some one fired jes' behin 'me.
The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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"Stand thar 'behin' that rock 'n if ye stir I'll kill ye," whispered
That Printer of Udell's Harold Bell Wright 1908
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Page 70 the apple tree an 'watched the sun a-settin' behin 'Lynn Mount'n.
The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee 1895
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Dere was young feller comin 'behin' her, walk nice, comme un Cavalier,
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887
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Dere was young feller comin 'behin' her, walk nice, comme un Cavalier,
The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems William Henry Drummond 1880
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