lef

• “Ain't no lyin 'lef' to do afteh dese upliftehs gits th'oo," the”

  Lady Luck

• “But all de white men gone into de army, an 'lef' us all wid missus, an 'da locks de bacon up for de sojers, an' gib us little han'ful o 'meal a day, an' we's got weak an 'trimbly.”

  A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences

• “Mammy's baby -- did you think old Mammy dun run off an 'lef' her baby?”

  The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills

• “He died an 'lef' us an 'den us had ter do de bes' we could.”

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4

• “I've heared folks say dat hit's bad luck ter stump yo 'lef' foot, but I don't know boud dat.”

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4

• “Iffen dey doan git back right den he starts ter frailin 'lef' an 'right.”

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1

• “He ain 'know nuttin' 'bout skinnin ', an' lef 'lot of meat stick to de hide.”

  Connie Morgan in the Fur Country

• “Freedman's Bureau an 'the carpet-baggers made trouble right an' lef '.”

  The Boy With the U.S. Census

• “Well, ma'am, she's gone; got tired of the job, an 'lef' me.”

  A Woman Rice Planter

• “Dar warn't no time for foolishness, so I riz a-runnin ', an' lef 'de steers standin' dar wid de yoke turned an 'de watermillions still a-rollin', and I tuk up de street so fas 'I dess fairly shuck myse'f loose from de face ob de earth.”

  With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon

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