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  • My only complaint is that it's "bitin" too short and leaves you begging for more.

    Harry Potter Prequel? Tarie 2008

  • Brunswick Invincibles, when they was trained, but he put on such airs, an 'was so sharp an' bitin 'with his tongue, that when they voted for officers last week I'll be dinged if they did n't drop him altogether.

    Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

  • One day the Fighting Nigger was out in the forest "a Injun huntin '," his trusted dog on a hot scent far in advance, his trusty gun, Betsy Grumbo, in "bitin '" order, on his shoulder.

    Burl Morrison Heady 1872

  • "A man dursen't spake for fear o 'bitin' his tongue off."

    The World of Ice 1859

  • Why, I've seen them poor critters, beat an '' bused an 'hunted, brought in all torn, -- ears hangin' all in rags, where the dogs been a'bitin 'of' em! "

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

  • "A large man astraddle o 'ye with a keen an' bitin 'bowie at yer throat.

    Ted Strong's Motor Car Edward C. Taylor

  • Why, I've seen them poor critters, beat an '' bused an 'hunted, brought in all torn, -- ears hangin' all in rags, where the dogs been a'bitin 'of' em! "

    Sojourner Truth, The Libyan Sibyl 1863

  • If they arent bitin go for a senko style worm into the shallows.

    alright this has been bothering me for a while. 2009

  • If they arent bitin go for a senko style worm into the shallows.

    alright this has been bothering me for a while. 2009

  • Fishin is great ... warm water and the bass are bitin 'hard.

    is now, july, a good time to fish for bass 2009

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