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I'se 'tickler saw'y 'bout dis,' kase I done had hit in min 'ter tell you a tale 'bout huccome moleses have han'ses, whar I larn f'um a ooman dat come f'um Fauquier kyounty, but now dat Mars' Ned 'pear ter be so jubous 'bout hit, I ain 'gwine was'e my time on folks whar ain' gwine b'lieve me, nohows.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887
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She gittin 'kind er jubous 'bout him, but she' feared ter say anything fer fear he quit an 'she git no mo' game.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887
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Brer Rabbit, he look sorter jubous, but he aint say nothin '.
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Dis make me feel sorter jubous like, but I lay down en wrop up my head.
Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Brer Rabbit, he look sorter jubous, but he ain't say nothin '.
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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That roast is done jest to a right brownness; though I was beginning to git mighty jubous that it would be overdone, a-waiting for you and the Cappin.
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Page 330 makes the laws of man, Cappin, I'm jubous, are mighty poor followers of the laws of God.
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I warnt scared, but I felt as ef I didn't know you, and to be squeezed up lovingly by a body one dont know, and pretty much in the dark as we was, is mighty apt to make a pusson feel jubous and onsartin what to say or do.
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I'm jubous der's some d-- d varmint, like a poor buckrah, da's a-lyin 'close' pon de lookout in dat same t'ick.
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I'm jubous dat is Bossick hoss you see dey in de scrubby oak.
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