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Examples
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She was even a-laughin ', in a shy, happy, timid way, an' her eyes was wide an 'shinin'.
Smethurstses 1995
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I can see the light of Love inside comin 'shinin' through
The Love In You N Stookey/EB Stookey/Julian/Kniss 1990
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They kin prance an 'cavort an' their coats are sleek an 'shinin', but don't count on 'em too much when it comes right down to disposition an 'endurance, 'cause they'll disappoint you.
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An 'the rinks are glancing clear' mang the heaps o 'shinin' snaw;
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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You can't expect 'm to come out a white an' shinin 'angel.
The Indomitable 1906
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Like I forgot what we said in the dream, till they're both all mixed up an 'shinin'.
Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906
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Why when I seen yo 'face er'shinin' on me dar, an 'hearn yer sof' step comin 'en de lonely night, I made sho' it was de Lor 'come to carry dis' po 'sinner to er home in glory.
Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902
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He was sort o 'shinin' up to her that night, an 'I guess he felt a mite twittery; so when the tarts come to him, he reached out kind o' delicate, with his little finger straight out, an 'tried to take one.
Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902
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He was sort o 'shinin' up to her that night, an 'I guess he felt
Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902
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Rouse up an 'see ef our anchor-light's bright an' shinin '.
Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900
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