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Then I remembered it was on my knee under the letter where Id been usin it for a ritin desk.

From "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" by Breck, G. William

Max Glucos was so sure spring was here that he got usin the Sibly stove for a laundry bag.

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"Don't go for to be too sartin, now; ye see I've got a tidy voice, I have, which I aren't noways afeared o' usin'!"

From The Amateur Gentleman by Farnol, Jeffery

"There's a sort er 'scuse fer Boyden," he repeated, "fer his children have growd up, so he ain't got no use fer schools, and fellers like him don't pay fer things they ain't a usin'."

From Randy and Her Friends by Brooks, Amy

When I got dere, I open de gate en look up en dere been de new house en dere been de old one settin over dere what dey been usin for de kitchen den.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration