ardest

But in passing it says this — but never in their ardest whiskered did they re-deposit all of that super-saxony. yet the mourning-dresses opposed up, and the ale set out in the dining-room, and the cosette of hot shoare washt from the kitchen.

Inadvertent poetic prose in spamblogs | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit" 2006

And lookin 'at me bunch o' bombs -- that was the 'ardest blow,

Rhymes of a Red Cross Man 1916

-- Number One, you know, a-sittin 'up in bed an' doin '' is 'ardest to frown.

The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915

"It's going to mean more 'n a month of the' ardest kind of work, Boy," came his final announcement.

The Cross-Cut Courtney Ryley Cooper 1913

'Surely she'll praise me this time,' she often says, 'I've tried my' ardest. '

Sowing Seeds in Danny Nellie L. McClung 1912

'Surely she' ll praise me this time, 'she often says,' I 've tried my 'ardest.'

Sowing Seeds in Danny 1908

It was an unusual fine mornin 'I remember,' avin 'stopped rainin' for almost an hour, an 'just as we started somethin' that might 'ave been a sun tried' is 'ardest to shine.

Between the Lines Boyd Cable 1910

` I was down under the arches, w'en it was ryning its 'ardest, an' a bobby comes in an 'chyses me out.

Carrying the Banner 1903

The mud seemed stickier than ever, but I got out at last, and, arter scraping some of it off with a bit o 'stick, I put on my coat and trousers and boots just as I was and went to the gate, with the bell going its' ardest all the time.

Dirty Work Deep Waters, Part 11. 1903

Henery Walker started raving ag'in, and for the next few days he tried his 'ardest to get a few words with' is great-uncle, but Bob Pretty was too much for 'im.

Short Cruises 1903