kep

"I think p'raps it was me wanting so to dream it again kep 'me awake."

Harding's Luck Edith 1909

He kep a kab --- he went to Holmax -- and Crockfud's -- he moved in the most xquizzit suckles and trubbld the law boox very little,

The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

But my min 'kep' ramblin 'like the wil' geese in de Wes '

I Know You Rider Traditional 1969

But my min 'kep' ramblin 'like the wil' geese in de Wes '

I Know You Rider Traditional 1969

On y'er feet all day, an 'kep' awake be the childer all night.

Duty, and other Irish Comedies Seumas O'Brien

Jude, I'd a 'kep' the little 'uns out of her sight as much as I could,

Judith of the Cumberlands Alice MacGowan

Marse Chan, he jes 'kep' cool till de ole Cun'l light into he pa.

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

I'm a married man myse'f -- Bowers there on the card's my wife -- but me an 'Florette met about five years ago, an' kep 'on runnin' on to one another on the bill, first one place an 'then another.

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Various

Miss Lucy Chahmb'lin, she lived wid her brurr an 'kep' house for

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

Windy -- they got him to bed, an 'kep' him ther all night, as he swore he'd shoot Larry.

The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall