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  • And we don want people to discuss it in meetin's!!!

    Tea Party Express, Part Three 2009

  • Wall, it wuz a-cummin 'along the fall term, and we wanted our boys and girls to git all the schoolin' an 'eddication what they could; so we called a meetin' of the school directors to devise ways and means of buildin 'a new school-house without stoppin' school.

    Uncle Josh Weathersby's "Punkin Centre Stories" 1903

  • Wall, it wuz a-cummin 'along the fall term, and we wanted our boys and girls to git all the schoolin' an 'eddication what they could; so we called a meetin' of the school directors to devise ways and means of buildin 'a new school-house without stoppin' school.

    Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories Cal Stewart 1887

  • Miss Marthy er Miss Reeny er cuttin 'up like dat in de white folks' meetin'-house?

    Old times in Dixie land : a southern matron's memories, 1901

  • "So he calls a meetin 'of everybody interested, at his new house.

    The Depot Master Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • "Five minutes 'grace, and that's all; if he's not here by then, it'll be up to you to call the meetin' to order," whispered Hepsey.

    Hepsey Burke

  • "Let's call a meetin 'of the Robinson Crusoe Syndicate," said Mr. Gibney.

    Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918

  • First thing he did was to call a meetin 'of all the Humboldt lumber manufacturers an' organize 'em into an association.

    The Valley of the Giants 1918

  • He called the meetin 'to order -- 'twas a full one, for all hands and the cook was there -- and then got up to speak.

    Keziah Coffin Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • [Scratching his head -- with heavy solemnity] 'Tes my belief there's no other way to du, but to elect a chairman to call a meetin'; an 'then for that meetin' to elect a chairman.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

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