tas'e

He manage ter git it down; he say it tas'e like whiskey wid sump'n bitter in it.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

He say ter hisse'f dat he ain't never gwineter git de tas'e er river water outer his mouf an 'nose, an' he wonder how in de worl 'dat plain water kin be so watery.

Types of Children's Literature Walter Barnes

"I kin still tas'e dat sassafras juice mammy used to give all de chilluns."

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

I aint see no place pretty as yours, an 'no lady look to me like you in all de finest places I bin see in Europ', an 'no water tas'e good like de water in our ole well.

A girl's life in Virginia before the war, Letitia M Burwell 1895

They is a spaciousness, an 'a air of elegant sufficiency about the environs and the equipments of the ed'fice, suh, that does credit to the tas'e of the old aristocracy an' of you-all's family, an 'teches me in a sof' spot.

The Colonel's Dream 1895

"Thanky, Miss Annie," he said, after a momentary hesitation, "I dunno ez I keers ef I does tas'e a piece er dat ham, ef yer'll cut me off a slice un it."

Dave's Neckliss 1889

She 's a-sayin ', "Would n't catfish now tas'e monst'ous bully, fried?"

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

He manage ter git it down; he say it tas'e like whiskey wid sump'n bitter in it.

The Goophered Grapevine 1887

_Dey allus put money in de buckwheat-bag_ -- an 'you know we nuver tas'e no buckwheat

Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886

Hush, honey, hush, while I shet my eyes now an 'tas'e all de samples what'd come out'n dat pan -- cramberries, an' tukkey-stuffin 'wid _puck_ons in it, an' ham an 'fried oyscher an' -- an 'minch-meat, an' chow-chow pickle an '-- an' jelly!

Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886