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  • They was a ladies 'drawin'-room upstairs, if he would like to sit down.

    A Daughter of To-Day Sara Jeannette Duncan

  • And that's how I came to be occupyin 'drawin'-room A, along with mother and sister Marion, as we breezes up into the Pennsylvania hills on this

    The House of Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

  • "You've crumpled my dress-shirt 'orrid," said he, "an 'I shan't sing no more to this' ere bloomin 'drawin'-room."

    Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • 'You've crumpled my dress-shirt' orrid, 'said he,' an 'I shan't sing no more to this' ere bloomin 'drawin'-room.'

    Life's Handicap Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • 'You've crumpled my dress-shirt' orrid, 'said he,' an 'I shan't sing no more to this' ere bloomin 'drawin'-room.'

    Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • o 'wild critter you'd think too mean to _put_ into a book, at that school, an' give the child'en readin'-lessons on 'em an 'drawin'-lessons an' clay-moldin 'lessons.

    Sonny, a Christmas Guest Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886

  • Or the Ymirites might"No, ma'm, I'm just drivin "my truck an 'drawin' my pay an 'feedin' my family.

    Agent Of The Terran Empire Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1965

  • I just got to git some High John the Conqueror root an 'fix a red flannel sack an' put it in the sack along with five finger grass, van van oil, controllin 'powder, magnetic loadstone an' drawin 'powder.

    Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

  • While the boys is gittin 'ready an' drawin 'their horses a couple of gents will pass amongst you an' give out to one an 'all, ladies an' gents alike, an 'no favorytes played, a ticket good fer a free drink in any saloon in Wolf River on the directors of the bank I have endeavoured to explain about which.

    The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country 1921

  • He just sat there leanin 'back in his chair, bringin' the points of his fingers together an 'drawin' 'em apart again, an 'lookin' me square in the face with them pale blue fishy eyes of his.

    The Challenge of the North 1921

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