Besides, I like a bit o 'washin' -- makes a change, I always say. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel] Reference

I left Beaufort, I was doin 'de Missus' washin 'and ironin'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2] Reference

She's takin 'washin' in fur the boarders an 'makin' money out of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janet of the Dunes] Reference

"Jus 'come back here whar I'se a-doin' de white folks 'washin'," she said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1] Reference

"I've all my mornin 'washin' to do yit, only I was afraid to leave her alone.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference

She takes in washin '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

Mendin 'holes an' washin 'clothes an' prayin 'to the Lard to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lying Prophets] Reference

"Mercy, no! Don't waste precious time sweepin 'up an' washin 'dishes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flood Tide] Reference

She ain't stop 'washin' her face yit when she gits up in de mornin '. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements] Reference

T 'washin' or servin 'strangers,' less she wants t ', but when' sperience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janet of the Dunes] Reference

And I don't spoze she knows what it is to pick a goose, or do a two weeks 'washin'. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Samantha at the World's Fair] Reference

I wuz in de kitchen washin 'dishes an' I draps one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference

"Reckon I'd go without washin 'then," commented Zeb.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone] Reference

Her make money by washin 'and ironin' for de white folks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4] Reference

Let's see, you come to sell a washin 'machine, didn't you?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference

"Minds me of a foot-washin 'at Little Shiloh," she ruminated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference

I arsks 8 and all found. if you do my washin I will take sevven.    From Wordnik.com.  [J. Cole] Reference

I was raised up under the old Primitive Baptist feet washin 'church.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4] Reference

"I car'd home de washin 'fur mommy fur two cakes an' some candy," said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harper's Young People, December 30, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference

Yes'm, I'se here when it started -- milkin 'cows, washin' and cookin '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4] Reference

"Gineral Brady's got a bank without washin 'dishes for it," he observed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference

There's churnin 'and washin' o 'dishes, and other descriptions of chores.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Canadian Elocutionist] Reference

When I can't fin 'no cookin' and washin 'and ironin' to do, I used to farm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4] Reference

He was up to the neck amon 'the claes I had steepin' for the morn's washin '.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Man Sandy] Reference

Would I be goin 'back to live off my mother now, and her a-washin' to keep me?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference

Wasn't I right, when I said I guessed I'd have faith, an 'git the washin' out?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference

"This is a parafin lantern; juist as easy wrocht as your washin 'machine there.".    From Wordnik.com.  [My Man Sandy] Reference

Tenie wuz washin 'at de big house dat day, en her mistiss say she should go right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

Stefana found him washin 'his face' free greatest 'this mornin', so she let him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings] Reference

Miss Betty washin home, I could pick up all I wanted while I come through under de trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4] Reference

Will I be goin 'to school and sittin' there all day, and you all tired out a-washin 'for us?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference

This ain't your five-cent stuff that fades in the first washin 'and wears out in the second.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference

Well, bout dis time, dey found out; and dey would come bringin 'her plenty of washin' to do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2] Reference

Saturday night and found her washin 'out her flannel petticoat and dryin' it before the fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference