wusser

Dave had kep 'on gittin' wusser en wusser in his mine, 'tel he des got ter b'lievin' he wuz all done turnt ter a ham; en den he had gone en built a fier, en tied a rope roun 'his neck, des lack de hams wuz tied, en had hung hisse'f up in de smoke-'ouse fer ter kyo.

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

Ev'y now en den 'is feet'd' mence ter torment 'im, en' is min '' u'd git all mix 'up, en his conduc' kep 'gittin' wusser en wusser, 'tel fin'ly de w'ite folks couldn' stan 'it no longer, en Mars' Dugal 'tuk Hannibal back down ter de qua'ters.

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

I ain't grumblin '-- I tell em I'm havin' a wusser time now than I ever had.

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

"I can't drive straight when I hears yo 'say dem words, an' goodness knows dese oxes is wusser t 'drive dan my mule Boomerang."

Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground Victor [pseud.] Appleton

So you des lemme know, en ef he gits any wusser I'll be willin 'ter gib yer five hund'ed dollars fer' im, en take my chances on his livin '.'

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

My mammy said dat slavery wuz a whole lot wuser [HW correction: wusser] 'fore I could 'member.

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

But, Mose, ef yo 'squeal on dem men an' dey hears about it, dey'll give yo 'wusser t'ings dan tar an' fedders.

The Kentucky Ranger Edward T. Curnick

Your shirt vill vash all right, und my viskers, too, "parting his whiskers and dumping a few more deposits, he remarked:" It's purty badt I know, but, Alfred, it might a bin wusser.

Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden

Certainly seems to me I don't never see no wusser scared female than the way you been,

Ulysses James Joyce 1911

When she got old it made 'er mad an' she got wusser.

The Dawn of A To-morrow 1905