b'ars

I found the idea of getting every little white boy in America to go about sporting an African-American-skin cap to be rather horrific, and I think that 3 year-olds should not be encouraged to try to kill "b'ars" Sarah Palin and I differ on that last point, and possibly on the first also., but like I said: the 1950s were weird.

Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses Tallulah Morehead 2011

I found the idea of getting every little white boy in America to go about sporting an African-American-skin cap to be rather horrific, and I think that 3 year-olds should not be encouraged to try to kill "b'ars" Sarah Palin and I differ on that last point, and possibly on the first also., but like I said: the 1950s were weird.

Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses Tallulah Morehead 2011

And they've got patience, they'll wait thar till the b'ars git fat.

The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909

And they've got patience, they'll wait thar till the b'ars git fat.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

And they've got patience, they'll wait thar till the b'ars git fat.

The Crossing 1904

"Aint been no b'ars nor nothin 'else here," he declared.

The Rover Boys In The Mountains Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune Edward Stratemeyer 1896

It's layin 'over thar straight to the west, an' it's full uv big lakes an 'big rivers an' big mountains an 'red Injuns that fight with bows an' arrers, and b'ars an 'buffalers an' deer an 'panthers an' all things fine, jest waitin 'fur us.

The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi 1890

I reckon I'd call that my estate, Paul, an 'I'd want it swarmin' with b'ars an 'buffaler an' deer, an 'all kinds uv big an' little game.

The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi 1890

I ain't fit yet for runnin 'races with Injuns, or wrastlin' with b'ars, but I've got a good appetite an 'I'm right fond o' sleep.

The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" 1890

The sight was so oncommon out o 'the reg'lar way b'ars has o' actin 'that it seemed skeery, an' I felt ez if I'd ruther be home diggin 'my' taters.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) Various 1887