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  • "Wal, Joel tells some queer things about you -- fer instance, how you took advantage of little Lucy Bostil, grabbin 'her an' maulin 'her the way Joel seen you."

    Wildfire Zane Grey 1905

  • He's got two brigades o 'the best horsemen in Europe, itchin' to use their sabres, an 'in front of 'em a Russian army that's shakin' in its boots after the maulin 'Campbell an' Scarlett have given 'em - but he sits there sendin 'messages to the infantry!

    The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

  • The hateful kooks took a background position and McCain came out swinging as the maulin 'moderate we've known and, well, not quite loved, during the darkest periods of the Bush administration.

    Nicholas Brown: RNC Day Four: Aced Speech, But Not Much Has Changed 2008

  • Eben if dey had tranqwilized her to get her to stop maulin peepls she waz on top of anodder person wehn she waz shot, she wudda had to be put down NE ways.

    imposter ornamint - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007

  • What functionality will this have over something like passport? reply maulin

    Yahoo’s BBAuth Will Allow Better Mashups Michael Arrington 2005

  • "I asked you why you were maulin 'my brother," reiterated the newcomer in a still more belligerent tone.

    Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Albert Walter Tolman

  • "What're you maulin 'my brother for?" he demanded, truculently.

    Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Albert Walter Tolman

  • 'Supposin' Beasley comes an 'grabs you with his own dirty big paws an', after maulin 'you some, throws you out of your home!

    The Man of the Forest 1919

  • She doesn't like all the love-makin 'to be over in the courtin' days, as if it was only a bit of fishin 'to ketch her. Tho' of course I'd tell him to leave me alone, that I couldn't bear him maulin 'me; but women has to be that way, it bein' rared into them to pretend they don't like what they do.

    Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916

  • "You're goin 'to get the maulin' of your life," Ned Merrill promised as he slipped out of his coat.

    The Vision Splendid William MacLeod Raine 1912

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