th'ee

Dis Union is mitigated into th'ee gran 'divisions -- de Bullshevik, de P'litical, an' de Social.

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

Ah had one hunnerd dollahs in mah pants pocket, yass, sah. Nex 'mohnin' Ah woke up th'ee days lateh 'boa'd ship bound foh London.

The Mutineers Charles Boardman Hawes

Dey wa'n't much er de ham lef 'by dat time, fer de sun had melt all de fat, en de lean had all swivel' up, so dey wa'n't but th'ee er fo 'poun's lef'.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

"Wisht us wuz back wid ol 'Cap'n Jack in Memphis, whah at de ham-tree blooms th'ee times a day."

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

En de oberseah sent two er th'ee er de han's fer ter take Tenie back ter her marster's plantation.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

De man chop a box in dish yer tree, en hack 'de bark up two er th'ee feet, fer ter let de tuppentime run.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

He sot de vimya'd out ober agin, but it wuz th'ee er fo 'year befo' de vimes got ter b'arin 'any scuppernon's.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

But dey had a hard time gittin 'de log dere: fus' dey got stuck in de mud w'en dey wuz gwine crosst de swamp, en it wuz two er th'ee hours befo 'dey could git out.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

Den she 'mence' ter figger back, en sho '' nuff, dey wuz two er th'ee times in de las 'week w'en she'd be'n he'p'n de ladies wid dey dressin' en udder fixin's in de ebenin ', en Jeff mought' a 'gone down ter de swamp widout her knowin' 'bout it at all.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

When you gits 'em done come on up th'ee cahs ahead.

Lady Luck Hugh Wiley