cunstable

It didn't tak Burt long to find th 'cunstable, for he knew th' haase where he slept most ov his time, and they wor sooin up at owd Mary's.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

"Burt," said owd Mary, "tha doesn't know what tha'art tawkin 'abaat, aw'll luk after this if tha'll goa an' fotch a cunstable as sharp as tha con."

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Burt declared it wor his, an he'd a reight to see it when he liked; an'th 'cunstable sed he wor armed wi law an' should tak it into custody whether it wor asleep or net.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Away wi thi an 'fotch th' cunstable, as aw tell thi.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

"What mun aw fotch a cunstable for? yo 'ain't going to have it locked up, are yo'?"

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Sez she, a-squinting them venomous eyes of her'n, till they looked like knitting needles red hot: 'I leave the sarching to be done by the cunstable -- when you are 'rested and handcuffed for' betting of murder. '

At the Mercy of Tiberius 1872

Alfred, and have the cunstable clawing my collar. "

At the Mercy of Tiberius 1872