cordin

I, a white boy, and, 'cordin' to the Declaration of Independence, with jest as good blood in me as the old Cunnel had in him, bein 'larned to read by an old slave, and that old slave a'most worked to death, and takin' his nights, when he orter hev been a restin 'his old bones, to larn me!

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

They be the easiest biters, 'cordin' t 'what I hear, that has ever run in t' these shoals.

Janet of the Dunes

"Not very hearty eatin ',' cordin 'to my way of thinkin'," said Bill;

Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch Roy Rockwood

But th 'white kin stand it longer nor the black, and its' 'cordin' ter reason that he shud; fur, I reckon, stranger, that the sperit and pluck uv a man hev a durned sight ter du with work.

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

Dey measured de corpse and made de coffin 'cordin'ly.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

"I don't know what that 'ere is, and I don't believe I ever had any, but it ain't the right road' cordin 'to the course," returned the sailor.

The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island Cyril Burleigh

Each time it's different, 'cordin' t 'the dogs, the distance, the trail an' the weather.

Baldy of Nome Esther Birdsall Darling

So you see, Cunnel Dawsey, he hab sixty, an 'he wuck em fifteen hour a day; we hab only fifty-four, an' we wuck 'em nine hour a day; an '' cordin 'to my' rithmetic, dat would make de Cunnel turn out 'bout twice as much truck as we does. '

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Though I know, 'cordin' to all white folks 'way o' tinkin ', dar a'n't no hope, 'cause Squire

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various

De size o 'de patch was' cordin 'to de size o' yo 'family.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration