Co'se

"Co'se dey bring me if Miss Peggy bidden 'em to," answered Jess as though surprised that she should ask such a needless question.

Peggy Stewart at School

"Co'se she done mean white chilluns!" exclaimed another.

Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South

Co'se Dave 'nied it ter de las', but dere wuz de ham.

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

Co'se Jim Whitley's wife slap my jaws sometimes, but she never did take a stick to me.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4

'Co'se I do -- many times as I waited on that table.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6

Co'se de man w'at bought Henry didn 'know nuffin 'bout de goopher, en Mars Dugal' didn 'see no' casion fer ter tell 'im.

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

Co'se, theys all dead and gone now, but some of the gran'chilluns was around.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives

Co'se some folkses mought a had 'em, but us didn't have none.

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

Co'se it wa'n't no fault er Mars Dugal's, but he wuz gwine ter do w'at he could fer ter make up fer it.

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

Co'se Brer Fox wanter hurt Brer Rabbit bad ez he kin, so he cotch 'im by de behime legs en slung' im right in de middle er de brier-patch.

Reveries of a Schoolmaster