hedn't

'I durnd know as I've ought to be ashamed on, but it seems as though thaa hedn't th' pluck. '

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

W'y, gentlefellows, thar'd nevyar been a ruffian, ef et hedn't been fer ther cussed Injun tribe -- not

Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Edward L. Wheeler

They hed been blastin 'Elder Payson's rock, half-way deown the new well, an' the mine hedn't worked, an '' Miah'd gone deown ter see w'at wuz in it; an 'jest ez he got up ag'in, off it went, an' here he wuz 'ith a great splinter in his chist, -- ef the rest uv it wuz him.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various

I'd ever hed a chance to learn that they wa'n't no difference between them figgers, and _hedn't_ knowed, she could'a smiled.

Then I'll Come Back to You Larry Evans

I told him I could rent him one to put on the minister, and he hedn't thought fer to hev it an Episcopal show, but he sed he'd do it fer an ad fer his white goods.

Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley Belle Kanaris Maniates

The nex 'mornin', ez I wuz milkin ', the ceow tuk fright an' begun ter cut up, an 'she cut up so thet I run an' she arter me, -- an 'the long an' the short uv it wuz thet she tossed me, an 'w'en they got me up they foun' I hedn't but one eye.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various

Marse Chan he went on talkin 'right fars' to her; an 'he tole her how he had loved her ever sence she wuz a little bit o' baby mos ', an' how he nuver 'membered de time when he hedn't' spected to marry her.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

"Supposin 'you hedn't a-come, whar would I a-bin now?"

The Wedge of Gold C. C. Goodwin

Ef we hedn't been in such a white heat, we might just hev 'hid round in the neighborhood

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various

He's jus like he had a stroke of palsy, hit's a wonder the mewel hedn't killed him stun dead.

Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden