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'I know,' says she, 'the law gives you the right to your wives' earnin's and everything they've got, down to the clothes on their backs; and I've always said there was some Kentucky law that was made for the express purpose of encouragin 'men in their natural meanness, -- a p'int in which the Lord knows they don't need no encouragin'.
Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall
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I takes an interest in wages an 'earnin' an 'not in talk -- not me, Mr. Registrar!
The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II Gerhart Hauptmann 1904
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She said she'd run away from him often, but he'd always found her when she was doin 'well an' earnin 'for herself an' the child.
Love of Brothers Katharine Tynan 1896
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"What right has ther gover'ment to take away anybody's honest means o 'earnin' a livin '?
Frank Merriwell Down South Burt L. Standish 1905
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Nelson approves, saying "Better earnin 'than learnin'!"
Mark Zuckerberg On 'The Simpsons': Facebook CEO Jokes About Dropping Out Of Harvard (VIDEO) Huffington Post 2010
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When he come along an 'was a kid, I was workin' an 'earnin' grub for him too.
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Nelson approves, saying "Better earnin 'than learnin'!"
Mark Zuckerberg On 'The Simpsons': Facebook CEO Jokes About Dropping Out Of Harvard (VIDEO) Huffington Post 2010
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When he come along an 'was a kid, I was workin' an 'earnin' grub for him too.
THE APOSTATE 2010
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Nelson approves, saying "Better earnin 'than learnin'!"
Mark Zuckerberg On 'The Simpsons': Facebook CEO Jokes About Dropping Out Of Harvard (VIDEO) Huffington Post 2010
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Nelson approves, saying "Better earnin 'than learnin'!"
Mark Zuckerberg On 'The Simpsons': Facebook CEO Jokes About Dropping Out Of Harvard (VIDEO) Huffington Post 2010
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