jesso

Den dey come in an 'bof un 'em set in de moonlight in de hammock right close side an' side, and he talk low an 'sof, an' she laugh, an 'laugh, an' hit 'im wid er fan -- jesso!

The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire 1907

When Ah aisk 'im ain' he fraid keep ole thief he say, jesso: 'Dass all my fault,

The Gentleman from Indiana Booth Tarkington 1907

Reckon Ahm de thievenest one us two, Xenophon, keepin 'all dis wood stock' up when you got none, 'he say, jesso.

The Gentleman from Indiana Booth Tarkington 1907

Wolf think dat mighty cur'ous, but he keep on, an '' twuz jesso at ev'y one, an 'at de las' ridge co'se Tarr'pin jes 'walk hisse'f outen de bresh an' gin a gre't whoop ter let ev'yb'dy know he done won de race.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) Various 1887

There's no livin 'with him unless everythink is jesso, an, I guess it's better so, too.

Nature's Serial Story Edward Payson Roe 1863