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'No, by clam!' says he, 'I ain't a-goin' to, 'and hadn't more' n got the words outer his mouth afore somehow he found himself a-shutin 'straight outer the front door to go to executin' of it.
Vesty of the Basins Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895
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Old red timothy goes to shutin 'right up straight an' minds her own business.
Vesty of the Basins Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895
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"All the same," said he, "ef you sh'd happen to change your mind by 'n' by, as fash'nable fellers in women's light-colored clo's does sometimes, there 's a-goin 'to be shutin'."
Vesty of the Basins Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895
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"Strange pity a man can't carry a gun like a Chrishtun," said the wheelwright, "and not go shutin hissen that way."
Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp George Manville Fenn 1870
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Would someone please comfirm if bebo is shutin down or not please? en Español
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Would someone please comfirm if bebo is shutin down or not please? en Español
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The shutin tubing pressure increased to 2200 psig before the well was swabbed and a clean‐up flow commenced.
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-- tak 'to The Bothie at a time like this, whan there's neither huntin', nor fishin ', nor shutin', nor onything o 'the kin' aboot han 'to be playacks till him, the bonnie bairn --' cep 'it be otters an' sic like? '
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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