twarn

I tode him as 'twarn't natural to think as a man' ud want to go to work i 'togs like thesen.

Aunt Rachel David Christie Murray

'Den she say it' twarn't de work dat trubble har -- dat she orter work, and orter be 'bused,' case she'd been bad, bery bad.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Various

"No, no, sar; 'twarn't dat; dough I'se know'd him a long w'ile -- eber sense my ole massa fotched me from Habana -- but' twarn't dat."

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

Miss Anne she hed done mos 'growed up too -- wuz puttin' her hyar up like old missis use 'to put hers up, an' 'twuz jes' ez bright ez de sorrel's mane when de sun cotch on it, an 'her eyes wuz gre't big dark eyes, like her pa's, on'y bigger an' not so fierce, an '' twarn 'none o' de young ladies ez purty ez she wuz.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

"No, sar; _he_ haint no friends, 'cep de debble; but June am a good nigga, and he said' twarn't right to kill ole Moye so sudden, for den dar'd be no chance for de Lord to forgib him."

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

I war sorter proud of ther notch thet's cut in the stock er my fust gun; but now ... wall, I'd give a good deal ef 'twarn't thar.

'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Eliot H. Robinson

Many de time we come in wif ouh cloes stuck t 'ouh poah ole cold bodies, but' twarn't no use t 'try t' git 'em dry.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Various

'No, no, sar;' twarn't dat; dough I'se know'd him a long w'ile, -- eber sense my ole massa fotched me from de Habana, -- but 'twarn't dat.'

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Various

No. I didn't aim fer ter hurt him, an '' twarn't in nowise necessary.

'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Eliot H. Robinson

Marse Chan he use 'to kyar Miss Anne's books fur her ev'y day, an' ef de road wuz muddy or she wuz tired, he use 'to tote her; an' 'twarn' hardly a day passed dat he didn 'kyar her some'n' to school -- apples or hick'y nuts, or some'n.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels