conductin

An 'to give that parent b'ar full credit, she's gettin' along all right an 'conductin' herse'f as though Bowlaigs don't heft no more than one of them gooseha'r pillows, when, accidental, she bats pore Bowlaigs ag'in the bole of a tree -- him hangin 'outen her mouth about three foot -- an' while the collision shakes that monarch of the forest some,

Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885

There was a story over the weekend about Iran conductin missile war games with 2 carrier attack groups in the Gulf.

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It'd seem as though nature hadn't figured on no rus'lers conductin 'bizness there, an' gettin 'caught.

Injun and Whitey to the Rescue William S. Hart

It makes her sore to watch him sittin 'around like tonight and conductin' the orchestra.

A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Ben Hecht 1929

And from the beginnin 'he's always conductin' when the band starts in.

A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Ben Hecht 1929

So the smoke blows that sour note every time his nobs gets started on his conductin 'and it always knocks his nobs for a gool.

A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Ben Hecht 1929

'Cause I got the para --, I said the paragraphic, I mean the column conductin 'blues.

Something Else Again 1920

Ah, that young parson may have his faults, an 'be unsound on the doctrine of baptism, but he can lay on matrimony with as pious an air as if he was conductin' a funeral.

The Miller of Old Church 1911

But I may add, suh, that in my opinion, suh, yo 'are conductin' yo'self in a manner unbecomin 'to a gentleman; and othuh gentlemen will say so, suh!

The Gray Dawn Stewart Edward White 1909

Being more or less busy tryin 'to shift gears without barkin' Mrs. Garvey's knees, and turn corners without skiddin 'into the gutter, I didn't notice for a while that Vee was conductin' a perfectly good monologue.

Torchy As A Pa Sewell Ford 1907