legislatur

"I wuz a member er de fus 'legislatur' after de wah," Wain was saying.

The House Behind the Cedars 1900

"I wuz a member er de fus 'legislatur' after de wah," Wain was saying.

The House Behind the Cedars 1895

He's a fine-haired furriner, an 'he's come down hyeh from the settlemints to tell ye that you hain't got no man in yo' own deestrict that's fittin 'to represent ye in the legislatur'.

A Knight of the Cumberland 1906

You see, I live a long way from here, and I ride down to the legislatur ', and, when I get here, I sell my horse and live cheap, and aims to save up enough from my salary to buy another horse and a chile-barin' woman 'when the session's done; and then I takes her home, ridin' behind me on the horse.

The end of an era, 1899

Well dat jis 'tuck wid de people, an' he got 'lected to de legislatur.

Iola Leroy, Or Shadows Uplifted. 1892

He's a fine-haired furriner, an 'he's come down hyeh from the settlemints to tell ye that you hain't got no man in yo' own deestrict that's fittin 'to represent ye in the legislatur'.

A Knight of the Cumberland John Fox 1891

Dat mout a 'done once, when de Radikils wuz in power, but de legislatur las' winter dey made a diff'rent sort ob a law, slightually.

Bricks without Straw A Novel 1880

Dat mout a 'done once, when de Radikils wuz in power, but de legislatur las' winter dey made a diff'rent sort ob

Bricks Without Straw Albion Winegar Tourg��e 1871

Enny man who is willing tu drive a mule, ought to be exempt by law from running for the legislatur.

Josh Billings, hiz sayings 1865

I had the pleasure of talkin 'with sevril members of the legislatur.

Artemus Ward 1865