promisin

The opening for a couple of bare fisted investigators wasn't what you might call promisin '.

Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

After gettin 'it fixed, an' promisin 'him 'twas fur the last time, she's ripped it all up again 'cause she's seen some picter in a book she liked better.

Flood Tide Sara Ware Bassett 1920

Leavin 'you here on our hands when he went away – an' promisin 'to send board money for you.

The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire 1914

'Twas the harder for en 'cause all looked so more'n common healthy an 'promisin' right up to the rain.

Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

"Leavin 'you here on our hands when he went away -- an' promisin 'to send board money for you.

A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire The Camp Fire Girls In the Woods Jane L. Stewart

The garden's lookin 'promisin', "she observed, inviting his opinion.

Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road 1921

"It was only what we expected, but what we felt, an 'I assure you, Mr. Hooper, even a sailor-man has a heart to break, was bein' told that we able seamen an 'promisin' marines 'ad misled Boy Niven.

Traffics and Discoveries Rudyard Kipling 1900

"But I argied for around an hour an 'told him what Jack could do with a small boat, and how he was such a promisin' kid, and might go to the bad if he signed in any old ship."

Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon 2010

Mr. Barbour took office in 2004 promisin g not to raise taxes in his first term and hoping he could cut them in his second.

State Tests Limits of Spending Cuts Deborah Solomon 2010

"Only if you can figure a way o" assurin" me o" safe passage out o" -ere, an" promisin" that you won't come huntin" for me and me companions.

The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010