gen'ral

"Ah'm not a gen'ral," Wims said, desperately trying to please.

I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon Richard Sabia 1963

The Trater's Gate is wide enuff to admit about twenty traters abrest, I should jedge; but beyond this, I couldn't see that it was superior to gates in gen'ral.

Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature Various

De gen'ral started de song slow and den got it to goin 'faster and faster and de livelier de song went de faster de shucks would fly, and de more often dey would pass' roun 'de liquor.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

De fust thing dey done at cornshuckin's was to 'lect a gen'ral.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

Dey danced, frolicked, and cut de buck in gen'ral.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

I don't know just what he's got against th 'Priest Captain, except that he seems t' be a sort of pill on gen'ral principles, but I'm sure that he's down on him from th 'word go.

The Aztec Treasure-House Thomas Allibone Janvier

There's nothing serious the matter -- a few bruises, a sprained ankle, a kinder gen'ral shakin 'up; that's all.

Kiddie the Scout Robert Leighton

And war is all their wish, and arms the gen'ral cry.

The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

It's the one great, gen'ral, an standin terror of this dangerous and iron-bound bay.

Lost in the Fog James De Mille

De gen'ral pitched de songs and de Niggers would follow, keepin 'time a-singin' and shuckin 'corn.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration