cep'n

We went thru ever different kind of rain they is, cep'n maybe sleet or hail.

Forrest Gump Groom, Winston, 1944- 1986

That night they is a movie outdoors near Field Force Headquarters an I go on over there, cep'n some fellers in the front row start a great big fight over somethin an somebody get hissef heaved through the screen an that be the end of the movie.

Forrest Gump Groom, Winston, 1944- 1986

I doan know; dey wa'nt no hams on de plantation 'cep'n' w'at 'uz in de smoke-house, but I never see Henry 'bout de smoke-house.

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

De school-'ouse wuzn 'use' 'cep'n' in de daytime, en on dark nights folks gwine 'long de road would hear quare soun's en see quare things.

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

"What is the matter?" said I. "I dunno, seh, 'cep'n' she's mad 'cause docteh won't leave heh stay and talk to Mist 'Wheatley; _he_ made heh go, an' I s'pose hit kindeh put heh out."

Stories by American Authors, Volume 6 Various

Dey didn't 'pear ter be nuffin de matter wid 'im,' cep'n de rheumatiz, but his strenk des dwinel 'away' tel he didn 'hab ernuff lef' ter draw his bref.

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

Right now I can't rekelleck no song we sung at funerals cep'n

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

I ain't teched none o 'yoah things,' cep'n to dus ''em and lay

Murder at Bridge Anne Austin

Hit's ha'nted by badness, dat's what 'tis, en dar ain nobody cep'n

The Miller of Old Church 1911

But Ole Marster, he des hang down his haid, same es a dawg dat's done been whupped fur rabbit runnin ', en he sob,' Hit's gone, Molly en de bag er gol 'en de hosses, dey's gone, too, I done loss 'em all cep'n Abel -- en I'm a bad man, Molly.'

The Battle Ground Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909