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  • Jus 'showin' off in front of ole John Wesley Taylor.

    De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts Zora Neale Hurston

  • Aa'd heard nowt, but there he was glarin 'at us, an' showin 'his great ugly fangs.

    Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

  • Now, sence dat time—it's mighty strange—dere's not de slightes 'showin'

    De Fust Banjo 1919

  • Bob ain't the man to put up a fight for worthless land, an 'besides, wasn't Donnie askin' me a lot o 'questions about water an' water rights, an 'showin' a whole lot of interest, now that I come to think on't?

    The Long Chance 1918

  • So dey started lookin 'on board de _Nancy_ an', for de sake, dey found, right in a pork barrel, a lot more papers, all written in German an 'showin' a reg'lar plot for privateerin 'against the United

    Plotting in Pirate Seas Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

  • There's nothin 'he wouldn't do for th' sake o 'showin' off an 'flirtin' his tail-feathers.

    The Secret Garden 1911

  • There's nothin 'he wouldn't do for th' sake o 'showin' off an 'flirtin' his tail-feathers.

    The Secret Garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 1911

  • Now, sence dat time -- it's mighty strange -- dere's not de slightes 'showin'

    Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools 1910

  • Look at it right here in our midst like a city! 'says he, fierce -- an' showin 'through some gleeful.

    Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906

  • Calliope was mad-daft over children anyway, though she was always kind o 'shy o' showin 'it, like a good many women are that ain't married.

    Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906

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