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- verb Present participle of
born .
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Examples
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Shade's earliest recollections of his mother are that she worked in the fields until "she was thru 'bornin' chillun" then she was put in charge of the milk and butter.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration
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a been twinses I wouldn't er blamed him for getting 'kinder mixed up an' bornin 'me curly an' you straight, 'cause I reckon twinses are right confusin ', but th'ain't no' souse when there was plenty of time with nobody hurryin ''em a bit.
Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman Emma Speed Sampson 1907
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Addams, who was bornin Westfield, New Jersey in 1912, had a fondness from a young age for coffins, skeletons and tombstones and went on to become known for the black humour of his cartoons, many of which regularly appeared in the New Yorker.
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Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, bornin 1815, was the only child of Lord Byron.
2009 March « Using technology in the voluntary and community sector 2009
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Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, bornin 1815, was the only child of Lord Byron.
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The anthology "The Exquisite Corpuscle" is a-bornin '.
Exquisite Corpuscle! frankwu 2008
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And so another masterpiece of snark dies a-bornin' due to factual inconsistency.
Whatever happened to ... Mark Foley? Sinfonian 2008
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Considering that myspace was bornin the “dark side” of the web, it should be a no brainer for them?
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I moves that th 'idee's done died a-bornin', an 'that we bury her.
The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson
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One of the gentlemen observed that it was a very common saying with them -- "_Me nebber leave my bornin 'ground_," -- i.e., birth-place.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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