borrowin'

English

Verb

borrowin'

1. Pronunciation spelling of borrowing.
   • 1858, Philip Paxton, Piney Woods Tavern: Or, Sam Slick in Texas, page 34:

     Well, he did it just a purpose to plague the bank, and the clerks all knew it, so they sent round to the other banks borrowin' all the small change they could get

   • 1892, Laura Matilda Stephenson Parsons, Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party: A Novelty in One Scene, page 10:

     When we first moved to Hazeltown,
     Before we got nigh settled down,
     I had a chance of findin' out
     What borrowin' neighbors meant.

   • 1914, Parker Fillmore, The Rosie World, page 21:

     Mrs. O'Brien feebly interposed: "Ah now, Terry lad, Ellen's just borrowin' the money from you."

   • 1999, Julia G. Crane, Statia Silhouettes, page 75:

     And the money that they're borrowin', if they were puttin' up a home with it or something, do something constructive with the money, you can say, well, it pays.

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