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Examples
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I 've been kind o 'dwellin' on some varses to-day.
Oldtown Folks 1869
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Your unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwellin" on himself and start payin" attention to the universe.
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Yep, ol' simple country boy multimillionaire beach dwellin' Andy is a communist - who knew?
"A more perfect... you... nyun!" Ann Althouse 2009
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"Fair maid," says he, "O come an see ye're welcome tto my dwellin."
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There were two sophont races on it, the land-dwellin 'Tigeries and the underwater Seafolk; and there were five years to evacuate as many as possible before the sun went crazy.
The Game Of Empire Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1985
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You heard about Pharaoh's army Tramplin 'through the mud You heard about the Hebrew children Redeemed by blood Same spirit dwellin' in you That raised Christ from the dead You can quicken your mortal body Then let it run to your head You've got to cover down, cover down, break through Cover down, (cover down, break through)
COVER DOWN BREAK THROUGH Dylan, Bob, 1941- 1980
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They dwellin caves not far from a large city, wear rags, live under primitive conditions.
Bread And Circuses 1966
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Here de storm an 'de hurricane neber come, an' here, Joseph, am a dwellin 'prepared fur you --' here, ef you'm faithful an '' bedient, you shill come when you 'wuck on de' arth am ober! '
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Open de smokehouse, take de meat, give de slaves some, shoot de chickens, and as de mistress and girls beg so hard, they left widout burnin 'de dwellin' house.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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They was 'lowed to leave de dwellin' house standin ', in case of a doctor or preacher.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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