cunnel

Roberta gave de ribbin from her ha'r to de one dey call cunnel, an 'de oder ossifer ask Missy S'wanee fer a ribbin, too.

An Original Belle Edward Payson Roe 1863

Wal, the next plantation to whar we lived was old Cunnel J---- 's, the father of this cunnel.

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

Captain, the long and short of it is, -- the cunnel _war_ beaten and exterminated, and that on a hard run from the fight he had hunted hard after.

Nick of the Woods Robert M. Bird

'Good evenin', 'I replied, intentionally adopting his accent;' but yer wrong, stranger; I'm nary cunnel. '

The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Busby was gwine tu de Lake, an 'wen he got rite here he ceed on de side ob de cunnel a big snake trien tu swallow a raccoon.

The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes Robert Arnold

"Thar, cunnel," said he, "thar's the beast; take it; and just tell me whar's the one you mean to lend me, -- for I must be oft afore sunset."

Nick of the Woods Robert M. Bird

"Ah sho would like to, cunnel, but Ahve got to covah thisyeah sto'y -- even if it's out of this mizzble wo'ld."

Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940

Well, de cap'n goes an 'speaks to de cunnel, an' de oder captured ossifers ob our sogers, an 'dey bow to him, an' den dey comes up an 'sits on de verandy, an' Missy Roberta goes out, and dey talk in low tones, an 'I couldn't hear what dey say.

An Original Belle Edward Payson Roe 1863

De cunnel, de oder ossifer, an 'a lot ob our sogers wouldn't give back an inch.

An Original Belle Edward Payson Roe 1863

De cap'n tell his cunnel 'bout me an 'my moder an' what he promise us, an 'de cunnel say he take us wid him an' send us to Washin'on.

An Original Belle Edward Payson Roe 1863