stoppin

I am in favor uv payin 'off this-here drotted tariff an' stoppin 'of it; an' I'm in favor of collectin 'jist enuf of rivenue fur to run the Government ekernomical administered, accordin' to Andy Jackson an 'the Dimocrat flatform.

Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Robert L. Taylor

They was all so taken aback that they never thought o 'stoppin' her.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Various

"I'd like mighty well to do it, Miss Fielding," said William, wagging his head, "but these dratted mules have got their heads and -- they -- ain't --- no notion o 'stoppin' this side of the ranch corrals."

Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies Alice B. Emerson

The men in our department is going to walk out to the last one, and if there was any way o 'stoppin' it by argument I'd tell you.

The Gibson Upright Booth Tarkington 1907

If Jack Payson can marry your brother Dick's gal on Dick's money -- fer there's no hope o 'stoppin' that now -- you can cut Slim out with Polly, on Slim's salary.

The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama Edmund Day 1894

Oh, dey ain't no time fu 'stoppin' an 'dey ain't no time fu' res ',

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

Says I to Mr. Wilfrud (and he agreed with me), ye might say, nice sour grapes, as well as nice garls, if the creatures think o 'stoppin' where they are, and what they are.

Sandra Belloni — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

Says I to Mr. Wilfrud (and he agreed with me), ye might say, nice sour grapes, as well as nice garls, if the creatures think o 'stoppin' where they are, and what they are.

Sandra Belloni — Complete George Meredith 1868

"I shouldn't wonder, now, if he had the impudence to come straight here and denounce _me_ as a thief, just by way o 'stoppin' me from goin 'by the train, and so having some sort o' revenge."

Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn 1859

But th 'owd lad wur i' sich a fluster, that istid o 'stoppin' it, he swapped th 'barrel to another tune.

Th' Barrel Organ Edwin Waugh 1853