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Examples
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Ef you ain't got but a teenchy bit o 'victuals on de table,
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889
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I toted her in my arms when she wuz a teenchy baby, an 'I watched her year by year growin' purtier, an 'straighter' n a saplin 'in the woods.
Dialect Tales 1883
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Seem lak dis make de teenchy little sap-sucker mighty mad, en he rush out on a lim 'right over Brer Rabbit, en he sing out:
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Seem lak dis make de teenchy little sap-sucker mighty mad, en he rush out on a lim 'right over Brer Rabbit, en he sing out: --
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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_teenchy_ leetle simblin at night, and got big as de hen-house afore mornin '-- early sun-up.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated Various 1868
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"W'iles he doin 'dis a little bit er teenchy sap-sucker run up'n down de tree en keep on makin' mighty quare fuss.
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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I year tell dat dey wuz one time w'en dey wuz all blue, 'stid er havin' all dem ar teenchy little spots on um. "
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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I year tell dat dey wuz one time w'en dey wuz all blue, 'stid er havin' all dem ar teenchy little spots on um. "
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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"W'iles he doin 'dis a little bit er teenchy sap-sucker run up'n down de tree en keep on makin' mighty quare fuss.
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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