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Dis is what we call throwin 'de houn's off de scent.
Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. Jack Thorne
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Dis is what we call throwin 'de houn's off de scent.
Hanover; or, The Persecution of the Lowly. Story of the Wilmington Massacre 1863
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I'm so excited that if me ship wasn't in th'East Indies, I'd be sittin' in th'stands cheerin' ye on an' throwin' things - like small animals, at yer opponents!
Epee Fencing training; I finally get a lesson! Elizabeth McClung 2006
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Furthermore, as I said before, if we go t 'throwin' lead when we kain't see ten feet in front of us, we'd just about hit that girl first rattle out uh the box.
Raw Gold A Novel Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926
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Mis 'Crapwell, had married again to a man that kep' throwin 'out about hevin' to be support to Delia; an 'her stepsister, Jennie Crapwell, was sickly an' self-seekin 'an' engaged all to once.
Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906
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D'ye find th 'larned counsel that's just been beat climbin' up on th 'bench an' throwin 'his arms around th' judge?
Mr. Dooley Says Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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That la-ad 'll be swingin' bridges an 'throwin' away th 'crust iv his pie whin you an' me are atin 'ha-ard coal.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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'Maybe, but I've seed him at a job o' throwin 'in the woods, an' he didn't seem to make out no shape, 'said Jabez.
A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900
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'What,' cried Peterson, 'throwin' up your billet? '
The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy Edward Dyson 1898
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Then she added, in a lower tone, "'Kuse me fo' throwin 'mud on yo' coat."
The Little Colonel Annie Fellows 1895
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