comfortin

But it's kind of comfortin 'to have something warm under your belt in this weather.

Ride Proud, Rebel! Andre Norton 1958

Onct when Aunt Kate said she liked a clock fer company, its tick was s 'comfortin', and gramma said she liked a dog better, Uncle Charley he ups and says, 'Would yuh want th' dog t 'have ticks, ma?' he says.

The Fotygraft Album Shown to the New Neighbor by Rebecca Sparks Peters Aged Eleven Frank Wing

An 'when I come to thinkin' of how kind an 'comfortin' you are an 'what you've been a-doin' fer me, why, then, at the same time, I can't help but thinkin 'that you killed my Pierre.

The Branding Iron Katharine Newlin Burt 1929

"It's kind o 'comfortin', ain't it," he faltered, "ter think there's some one ye know out there?"

Steadfast Falters 1916

Toplady -- out, to give her a chanst to do His work o 'comfortin'.

Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906

What Mrs. Christison did, or could do, would not have consoled Eleanor much; her "comfortin '" consisting principally in bringing hot scons, delicate preserves, and fresh eggs, to Lady Raymond's room, and pressing her to eat these dainties long after the intolerably early breakfast hour had passed by; putting a little stool of Berlin worsted-work under the feeble feet of the invalid; and heaping fir-cones on the peat fire.

Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times 1851

Keep a gude heart, and a strong trust in His mercy; and I'll do any little matter I can for Leddy Raymond, in the way o 'comfortin', ye ken.

Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times 1851

I've been thinkin 'of that, an' it gives one a kind of comfortin 'feelin', doesn't it? "

Jess of the Rebel Trail 1910

"I tried hard to think of somethin 'comfortin' to say, but afore I could h'ist a satisfyin 'word out of my hatches I heard the noise of a carriage comin'.

The Depot Master Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

"I'll tell you what, Mrs. Lathrop," said Miss Clegg the next Monday afternoon, "I ain't goin 'to stay here so late but what I go home in time to make Elijah something hot an' comfortin 'for supper to-night.

Susan Clegg and a Man in the House Anne Warner 1891