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Examples
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You bet, right between the power shift out of second and yankin 'it back into fourth!
Anyone know who the third gear tester is? Common now 'fess up. 2009
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You bet, right between the power shift out of second and yankin 'it back into fourth!
Anyone know who the third gear tester is? Common now 'fess up. 2009
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Hulk: one 1 – incredibull – fer yankin out bars on cell winder
Pawshank Redemption - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"Just yanking your chain, mah boy, just yankin 'your chain."
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I can't tell if you're just yankin' my chain about the patriotism thing.
Be on your Guard 2004
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Greaser and knocked him seven ways from Sunday, and roped another, yankin 'him out of the saddle!
The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X Willard F. Baker
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"For a man that ain't been to town in a long while, there'd be too many temptations yankin 'at me."
Square Deal Sanderson Charles Alden Seltzer 1908
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"Looks like one of your busy days," says I. "One of 'em!" says she with a snort, yankin 'some more pieces out of the bundle and slippin' a fresh spool of cotton onto the machine.
Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907
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"Judas priest!" he exclaimed; "why don't you scare a feller to death, comin 'and yankin' him out of bed by the back hair?"
Keziah Coffin Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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Homer tried to tell 'em who he was, and about his heart, but he talked too slow, or his voice wa'n't strong enough; and when they began to plan on yankin 'him up then and there, without printin' his picture in the paper, or a trial, he heaves up a yell and lights out for the boarding-house.
Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907
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