han's

But Miss 'Chanda ain' a-goin 'to tak' keer dis big hous 'all by herself wit' her lil 'han's dere.

Ralestone Luck Andre Norton 1958

Dat man dat bought me ain't a bad man; he's good enough, as planters goes; en if he could a had his way I'd a be'n a house servant in his fambly en be'n comfortable: but his wife she was a Yank, en not right down good lookin ', en she riz up agin me straight off; so den dey sent me out to de quarter mongst de common fiel han's.

Pudd'nhead Wilson 1955

An 'he kep' whisperin to her, an 'callin' her name, an 'coddlin' her; an 'pres'n'y she took her han's down an' begin to laugh.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

De seconds dey wuz talkin ', an' pres'n'y dey put de pistils up, an 'Marse Chan an' Mr. Gordon shook han's wid Mr. Hennin an 'Dr. Call, an' come an 'got on dey hosses.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

His beard an 'hyar wuz all nyawed off, an' his face an 'han's an' neck wuz scorified terrible.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

I pick '' im up in my arms wid de fleg still in he han's, an 'toted' im back jes 'like I did dat day when he wuz a baby, an' ole marster gin 'im to me in my arms, an' sez he could trus 'me, an' tell me to tek keer on 'im long ez he lived.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

At fust she wuz skeered; but he tol 'her he could swim an' wouldn 'let her git hu't, an' den she let 'im kyar her 'cross, she hol'in' his han's.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

When she come dat day in de school-house, an 'all de chil'en looked at her so hard, she tu'n right red, an' tried to pull her long curls over her eyes, an 'den put bofe de backs of her little han's in her two eyes, an' begin to cry to herse'f.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

Why don't da keep temptation frum de little han's an 'feet?

Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Robert L. Taylor

We wuz a-fightin 'an' a - fightin 'all dat time; an' come one day a letter to Marse Chan, an 'I see' im start to read it in his tent, an 'he face hit look so cu'ious, an' he han's trembled so I couldn 'mek out what wuz de matter wid' im.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels