gov'ner

Last I checked, gov'ner, the people have the right to any views they want ...

Granholm worries of Tea Party's 'fringe element' 2010

Cinnamon's is exactly the kind of "thinking" that DC is criticising; "It's nothing to do with me gov'ner, fate/society/martians forced it on me"

The Broken (Nihilist) Society? 2008

Oh, the gov'ner of this State offered one hundred dollars reward

Lookin' for the Bully of the Town 1997

Dere wuz a red clay bank on de side of de crick whar us chilluns had our swimmmin 'hole, an' us didn't know when us wuz a frolickin 'an' rollin 'young Marse Clifford down dat bank, dat someday he would be gov'ner of Georgia.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

"Let me carry this 'ere for you, gov'ner," then in a whisper that none could overhear, he said in German: "For your life, follow me."

I Spy Natalie Sumner Lincoln 1908

Just because the gov'ner has been soft enough to let you countrymen walk all over him, it don't foller that I'm going to be.

Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

You'll be a real pop'lar candidate fer Missouri's next gov'ner.

Winona: A Tale of Negro Life in the South and Southwest Pauline Elizabeth 1902

“Oh, gov'ner!” he cried as he slammed the door behind him; “the market's gone to hell.”

Old Gorgon Graham Lorimer, George H 1903

De gov'ner er de President is gwine ter sen 'soldiers ter stop dese gwines-on, an' meantime we kin keep dem white devils f'm bu'nin 'down our hospittles an' chu'ch-houses.

The Marrow of Tradition 1895

'Well,' said Sam, 'you've been a-prophecyin' avay about wot'll happen to the gov'ner if he's left alone.

The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841