ma'an

An 'he made a dash f'r th' shell ma'an; an 'he not on'y got what he'd lost, but all th' r-rest iv th 'capital besides.

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

"Teacher, yiss ma'an," Morris sighed, as the bell rang sharply, and the aloof and formal exercise of the assembly room began.

Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893

No ma'an, Missis Bailey, that ain't how they makes mit my poor papa.

Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893

"Yiss ma'an, yiss sir; I got it here," answered the boy, as, with his uninjured hand, he drew up his battered trophy, hung about his neck on a piece of antiseptic gauze.

Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893

"Teacher, yiss ma'an; it's for boys," he cried as he felt her arms about him, and saw that in her eyes, too, "stands tears."

Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893

"No ma'an," answered Nathan with a beautiful directness.

Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893

"Teacher, yiss ma'an," Morris interrupted, in a bewitching and rising inflection of his soft and plaintive voice.

Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893

"Yiss ma'an," murmured the frightened First Reader Class.

Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893

"Yes ma'an," cried the neighbours in shrill chorus.

Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893

"Teacher, no ma'an, Miss Bailey!" wailed the Monitor of the Gold-Fish.

Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893