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  • They can be kind of a cussin ', fussin' NBA version of Butch and Sundance.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • They can be kind of a cussin ', fussin' NBA version of Butch and Sundance.

    AI & Sheedy: together again for the very first time 2008

  • (Sobbing) All both of y'all hollerin 'at me an' fussin 'me just cause I tries to be nice -- and neither one of y'all don't keer nothin' bout me.

    De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts Zora Neale Hurston

  • And w'en she ain 'fussin' an 'fiddlin', she jus 'moons around, waitin' fo 'him to come ridin' up in that red car like a devil on greased light'in '.

    The Trumpeter Swan Temple Bailey

  • There must be folks that know how to do in half the time what I do by makeshift an 'fussin'.

    Flood Tide Sara Ware Bassett 1920

  • "Quit that, chillun; stop yo 'fussin'," screamed Polly, as Lloyd grabbed her up and began to pin a shawl around her neck.

    The Little Colonel Annie Fellows 1895

  • "Quit that, chillun; stop yo 'fussin'," screamed Polly, as Lloyd grabbed her up and began to pin a shawl around her neck.

    The Little Colonel 1897

  • We tried all manner o 'gimcracks an' fussin 'with her.

    Vesty of the Basins Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895

  • We all buy stamps now an 'no one thinks o' fussin 'over it, an' I guess we do a lot other things as we'd never of had to do if we'd kept our tea an 'our mouths shut in the beginnin'.

    Susan Clegg and a Man in the House Anne Warner 1891

  • Lord's sake, Doss, take these chil'en down to the spring branch; they mighty nigh run me crazy with they 'fussin' an 'cryin'!)

    Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

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