fittin

Heap of folkses been tryin 'to git me to say us didn't have' nough teat and dat us never had nuffin 'fittin' teat.

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

I told him as how I knowed best what was right an 'fittin' fer my own wife; as how, with a mother like your'n you needed watchin 'more'n learnin'; as how you belonged to me an 'not to him.

The Branding Iron Katharine Newlin Burt 1929

"It ain 'fittin' fo 'you-all to say anythin' ag'in 'Dr. Morgan, whatever he may _se_-lect to do," asserted Bud, combatively, and Pink hastened to hedge.

A Tar-Heel Baron Edward Stratton Holloway 1903

An 'a spry an' likely crew: Sam Small never lacked the pick o 'the swilin'-boys when it come t' fittin 'out for the ice in the spring o' the year.

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

There was some word o 'fittin' up the auld hoose i 'the toon, 'cause lord Forgue didna care aboot bein' at the castel ony langer.

Donal Grant, by George MacDonald George MacDonald 1864

"I'll do what I can onygait, I promise ye -- but wi 'mair readiness nor confidence as to the fit; for I canna profess assurance o' fittin 'the first time, no haein the necessar instinc' frae the mak 'o' the man to the shape o 'the fut, sir."

Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864

"W'en Hannibal seed 'er he bus' out laffin 'fittin' fer ter kill: 'Yah, yah, yah! ho, ho, ho! ha, ha, ha!

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

"'T would be just right an 'fittin'," remarked Mrs. Cole, "if half the men in the world went about with a piece of pasteboard round their necks an 'written on it,' Pity the Blind! '

The Long Roll Mary Johnston 1903

"W'en Hannibal seed 'er he bus' out laffin 'fittin' fer ter kill: 'Yah, yah, yah! ho, ho, ho! ha, ha, ha!

Hot-Foot Hannibal 1899

Inmate Catoe, who's awaiting trial for assault with a deadly weapon, refers to the kid Alex as "Alexis," says they're "fittin' to be married" and tells him that he's going to put him in a dress.

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