fixing

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To the tune of Love and Marriage, it went: "Frost and Nixon, Frost and Nixon/ There's an act that's gonna need some fixin'."

From Time Magazine Archive

“He jes teasin you. He fixin to use dem tickets hisself. Go on, Jason, and let him lone.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Dilsey whispered, “Hush, now. Dey fixin to sing in a minute.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

“Dont you dast to beller! Dont you. Dar hit is. See? Here. You fixin to start ef you stays here. Come on, les go see ef dey started knockin ball yit.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

“I bet you couldn’t. I bet you fixed hit last night so you couldn’t find hit. You fixin to ruin dat un.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner