ha'f

Las 'time I went to town one o' them plagued nuisances come hootin 'erlong an' made the old mare back us clean inter the ditch -- an 'I broke a dozen an' a ha'f of aigs right in the lap of my new bombazeen dress.

Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace Alice B. Emerson

"'T ain't mo '' n a mile an 'a ha'f by de shawt cut."

Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day Various

"Neither of 'em ain't got nothin ', nor never will have --' ceptin 'that Hopewell's got an encumbrance in the shape of that ha'f silly child."

How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long

"You move a step off'n thet platform before Sam Blodgett comes an 'I'll open the lower ha'f of this door and let the dawg loose on ye!"

Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace Alice B. Emerson

"That's jes 'ha'f of it," said Archie B. indifferently.

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

I'd come six mile, and was jest ha'f way to the farm.

How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long

Combin 'it didn' do no good; he wuk at it ha'f de night wid er

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

They was a big limozine tourin 'car with wire wheels went through Millerstown 'bout ha'f past eight, quat' t 'nine.

32 Caliber Donald McGibeny

He oughter be'n back in ha'f an hour, but he come pokin 'home 'bout dinner'time wid a screw-driver stidder a monkey wrench.

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

"Yes, you see," said Carpenter, "there's been ha'f a dozen of the brats died this summer an 'fall -- scarlet fever in the mill."

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