imposin

I wondher what do you call imposin 'Barney Bryan, the horse-jockey, on his lordship, for Tom Norton, the gentleman?

The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831

I see before me numerous handsome an 'imposin' mathrons, to say nothin 'of foine washed babies.

The Belted Seas Arthur Willis Colton

I thought all her daughters were to be princesses or duchesses or ranees or somethin 'imposin'. "

The Swindler and Other Stories 1910

There's something imposin 'about this winkin', blinkin 'and nod named Palin.

Sarah's De-G'in of American Speakin' 2008

When the two dignitaries from Vienna arrived serious plans were devised, with the imposin countess making all decisions: 'The Lubonskis wil take four carriages, the Bukowskis four.'

Poland Michener, James 1983

I've noticed that whenever a woman's willin 'to be imposed upon, there's always a man standin' 'round ready to do the imposin'.

Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall

They was as handsome and imposin 'as a set of solid-gold teeth, but somehow they didn't seem to savvy our play none.

The Spoilers Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

So I cuts a short circle and pulls up opposite this imposin 'party in the big hat and the ruffled mink coat.

Torchy As A Pa Sewell Ford 1907

One of these imposin ', dignified, well kept old sports, with pink cheeks, a long, straight nose, and close-set, gray-blue eyes.

Shorty McCabe on the Job Sewell Ford 1907

Yes, he sure is some imposin 'to look at, with his pearl gray spats, and the red necktie blazin' brilliant under the close-clipped crop of Grand Duke whiskers.

Shorty McCabe on the Job Sewell Ford 1907