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Examples
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I didn't catch sight of his face -- didn't savee it was Broken Feather.
Kiddie the Scout Robert Leighton
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Bourbaki made fun of their innocence, and thought himself very civilized, but he himself was dreadfully afraid of my camera: "White man he savee too much."
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Felix Speiser 1914
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You lie again when Thlirteen savee Linee flom Oulang
The Monster Men Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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Him fella Adam all the same sick; he no savee kai-kai; he walk about all the time.
"Too Much" English 1909
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Unaga, Steve in plain clothes in Quebec _with Saney_, and me sheltering at Mallard's, tells its own story to anyone with _savee_.
The Heart of Unaga Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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You're goin 'to make north hard as hell' ll let you, savee?
The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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An 'jest when you're bustin' to tell 'em how you're feelin '-- an' ain't got the savee -- they're jest bustin 'to hear that same.
The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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Wal, if I know a man from a seam-squirrel, I'd sure say Dug's got more savee in his whiskers than you got dirt -- which is some.
The Forfeit Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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"No catchee rain down there -- savee?" pointed out Jukes.
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"It's money you want, only you haven't got the savee to see the quickest way to get it."
Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush G. Firth Scott 1900
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