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Feodoroff had his wits about him, and dragged me into a corner where we could see it all without bein 'swep' in.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Various

They shut up the East House, where she'd been used to sleep; but it was kep 'swep' and dusted, and the old folks was broken-hearted, for never a word come from Miss Elfrida.

The House of Arden Edith 1923

I want yo 'to tell him that thar a'nt be'n a week sence he went away that I an't be'n down to the school an' swep 'the floor an' seen that his books was in the place he liked to have 'em be.

The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

As our party sort o 'swep' gracefully down into the hall, we thought we would step outdoors for a minute for a breath of fresh air.

Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands Marietta Holley 1881

I think he meant it, but he was spar'd de trouble, for de wah corned like a big broom an 'swep' slavery away, an 'mos' everyting souf wid it, an 'Mandy Ann was free any way widout de Colonel.

The Cromptons Mary Jane Holmes 1866

Farmer Marler hastened off to see with master-eye that all went well elsewhere; the farm men slept tranquilly, stretched at full length, clasped hands for pillow; and old Dodden, sitting with crooked fingers interlaced to check their trembling betrayal of old age, told how in his youth he had "swep" a four-acre field single-handed in three days -- an almost impossible feat -- and of the first reaping machine in these parts, and how it brought, to his thinking, the ruin of agricultural morals with it.

The Roadmender Michael Fairless 1885

"Hides an 'wool an' bark -- turned 'em over an 'swep' in.

Coniston — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

"Hides an 'wool an' bark -- turned 'em over an 'swep' in.

Coniston — Volume 01 Winston Churchill 1909

"Hides an 'wool an' bark -- turned 'em over an 'swep' in.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

"An 'then Eb sort o' swep 'us all up in the dust-pan.

Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906