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'Fowks san't say "Thrang as Throp's wife" for nowt,' shoo said, and shoo gat up off t 'stooil, sided away t' spinnin'-wheel, an 'stalked off to bed wi' Throp at her heels.
Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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The life of such as he repeats itself over and over, like a buzzin 'spinnin'-wheel.
In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk Hezekiah Butterworth 1872
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t 'spinnin'-wheel were all meshed to bits and there were a smell o' burnin 'wool.
Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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They bowt theirsens spinnin'-wheels, an 'gat agate o' spinnin ', while there were all nations o' stockins turned out i 'Cohen-eead an'
Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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'low de thread dat come to her in de weave-room from dis kind of spinnin' was smoother and more finer than de other kind.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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"calliope woman" is surrounded by a child's 'curious senses', the "spinnin" wheel and "fortune" crawling like an infant.
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"But ye do a heap o 'spinnin', Tibbie, wi 'thae lang fingers.
Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864
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In the meantime, the crew bid thanks and goodbye to Williams, with Carter allegedly vowing to be "spinnin 'all night" if that was what it took to find the people he was looking for.
Part Two: The Southeast Washington drive-by shootings: Deadly retaliation 2010
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In the meantime, the crew bid thanks and goodbye to Williams, with Carter allegedly vowing to be "spinnin 'all night" if that was what it took to find the people he was looking for.
Part Two: The Southeast Washington drive-by shootings: Deadly retaliation 2010
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In the meantime, the crew bid thanks and goodbye to Williams, with Carter allegedly vowing to be "spinnin 'all night" if that was what it took to find the people he was looking for.
Part Two: The Southeast Washington drive-by shootings: Deadly retaliation 2010
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