leadin

I denied it in kind, an 'one word leadin' to another, he called me a liar.

The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country 1921

Sort o 'leadin' the gay life all down them coupla hunderd miles to the Hills whar nobody lives.

The Return of Blue Pete Luke Allan

I isn't exactly leadin 'Bull, he's sort o' leadin 'me, for you all know how strong he is.

Injun and Whitey to the Rescue William S. Hart

But, as I was sayin ', this was a' leadin 'up to something.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

Third prize, one quart of bottle in bond whiskey doneated by our pop'lar townsman an 'leadin' citizen, Mr. Jake Grimshaw, proprietor of The Long Horn Saloon.

The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country 1921

"Ain't no use o 'leadin' her -- you jest watch her foller me!"

In Old Kentucky Edward Marshall 1901

"That's th 'way it looks t' me, dominie; an 'if all th' leadin 'citizens of Brookville'll put their name to it -- an' I'm of th 'opinion they will, when I make my charge t' th 'jury --"

An Alabaster Box Florence Morse Kingsley 1898

Children are mighty gifted in puttin 'leadin' questions.

In Simpkinsville : character tales, 1897

Frost on his shoulder, an 'leadin' all the children wi 'the Maypole into the big meadow, an' all was as right as right could be, -- yet

God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889

It's case o 'leadin' on, an 'guidin' beyond our knowledge,

God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889