cookin

Aw dooant think yo ivver hed onny experience i 'cookin' for yorsen, nivver name cookin 'for other fowk, but aw considered misen a varry gooid hand, an aw can assure yo when aw stewed them hens an rooasted th' cock, an boiled some puttates, an made a pile o 'tooast, an some strong teah flavored wi rum,' at it wor a set aght net to be despised.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

If you ain't got tins an 'cookin' things, all as you can get'll be bread and cheese.

THE SPIKE 2010

All I meant was, 't Ephraim ought not to be doin 'his own cookin' -- that is -- if you can call it cookin '-- but then, of course, 'tis cookin' -- there's all kinds o 'cookin'.

Stories by American Authors, Volume 6 Various

For aprons ain't quite overalls an 'cookin' ain't munish.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 Various

He's sort of daft; but all the sense he has left is gone t 'cookin' an 'managin' a house.

Janet of the Dunes

Steady ole hoss, there's one consolation, -- they're breakin 'the wind for you, an' thank God! -- yes Ben Butler, look! they're after one other, -- they're racin 'like Tam O'Shanter an' cookin 'each other to a gnat's heel -- Oh, Lord what fools!

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

We had been packin 'our blankets, our grub, an' cookin 'gear to say nothin' o 'the packet; so, of course, we didn't give much thought to the campin' ground.

The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

` If you ain't got tins an 'cookin' things, all as you can get'll be bread and cheese.

The Spike 1903

Her majesty, th 'impress, is sufferin' slightly fr'm death be poison, but is still able to do th 'cookin' f'r the Rooshan ambassadure.

Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901

I had such a hard day's work in front of me, a-finishin 'cookin' up provisions for the exertion, and gettin 'things done up in the house so

Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I Various 1900