hoss

• I heered dem sez dat de slaves wud git lan', hoss, money er sumpin' but I neber heerd ob nobody gittin nuthin'. —  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives
• He took up his oilskins from the floor and slipped into them When the door had closed behind him, Kayak Bill looked at Boreland and nodded I make affirmation," he drawled, "that there's a paystreak in any man who looks first after his hoss--or his boat While the significance of the old man's remark was dawning on Ellen, there was an odd lull in the storm. —  Where the Sun Swings North
• I'll go clean it out--the hoss is hitched to it yet, an Don't bother to clean it!" —  Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island
• But no man can estimate the value of good blood in man or hoss--it's the unknown quantity that makes him ready to come again. —  The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills
• Steady ole hoss, there's one consolation,--they're breakin' the wind for you, an' thank God!--yes Ben Butler, look! —  The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills

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