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  • I kent ye as sune as ye cam 'slippin' ben the taivern.

    St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles

  • He was growin 'redder an' redder, an 'his spe'tacles kep' slippin 'down, but he did manage to see the chapter begun suthin' about the judges.

    Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902

  • He was growin 'redder an' redder, an 'his spe'tacles kep' slippin 'down, but he did manage to see; the chapter begun suthin' about the judges.

    Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902

  • I'd be startin 'to school, an' slippin 'it on to her desk when she wouldn't be lookin', an 'she'd always pin it on her frock when I'd have my head turned the other way.

    Sonny, a Christmas Guest Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886

  • "They hev got sech a fool way o 'slippin' through the chinks in the floor," said the boy in exasperation.

    Down the Ravine Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

  • It's no the place for ane 'at has to hide 's heid for verra shame o' slippin 'aff the likes o' himsel 'upo' sic a braw mither!

    Malcolm George MacDonald 1864

  • slippin 'slippin' slippin 'into the future; in the blink of an eye, January 2010 has already slipped behind us.

    Minyanville 2010

  • "Tisk, tisk ... are the reins from your capitalist pony a 'slippin'?

    unknown title 2009

  • Australia's headline stock index, after slippin to a fresh six-month low of 4477.4 in early trade but steadily pared its losses and even managed to briefly enter positive territory before finishing the day at 4555.30, down 0.1%.

    Asia Markets Trim Losses; Tokyo Down 0.5% Colin Ng 2011

  • We're big grownups out there slippin 'and slidin' in the mud.

    The Redskins and rainy practices Dan Steinberg 2010

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