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The drifting apart of husband and wife through the husband's "failin '" is set forth with unexampled concreteness, and yet there is no introduction of horror.
The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 Various 1888
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"I bress de Lawd my appetite am 'failin' in spite ob de rheumatiz."
The Earth Trembled Edward Payson Roe 1863
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Folks thet's afeared to fail are sure o 'failin'; 320
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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Flailin 'failin' Palin will be back in Alaska soon, we all hope.
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Flailin 'failin' Palin will be back in Alaska soon, we all hope.
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"The time o 'sickness an' failin 'has got to come to all.
The Old Singers 1910
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"The time o 'sickness an' failin 'has got to come to all.
The Country of the Pointed Firs Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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My heart doesn't go out to her, she's a joke just like failin 'Palin.
Elizabeth Edwards: I expect a paternity test on Hunter's child 2009
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This is probably where failin pailin gets the death panels because like it or not somewhere there will have to be a line in the sand.
Obama: 'If you misrepresent what's in the plan, we will call you out' 2009
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This is no different than "failin Palin" dragging her family around with her and putting all their business in the public eye.
Elizabeth Edwards: I expect a paternity test on Hunter's child 2009
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