pusson

"Why bring him in, of course -- a 'pusson' with horns on him will be worth seeing."

Kennedy Square Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

June 13th, 2006 at 5:06 pm imman, you one funny pusson

Firedoglake » Hey Bob, Where’s Your Letter? 2006

Dave 'peared ter listen ter w'at I say, en promise' ter do better, en stop gwine on dat-a-way; en it seem lack he pick 'up a bit w'en he seed dey wuz one pusson didn' b'lieve dem tales 'bout 'im.

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

"It bery easy, Massa Basset, to say I ask you pardon, and bery polite for a white man to say it to a colored pusson, but does dat pay for de breaking ob a leg or de setting ob my neck?"

The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times John Turvill Adams

"Dis prolonguated elevation into de airy space ob de zeneth am extremely discommodatiousness to a pusson what ain't used to it," remarked

Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch Roy Rockwood

But I don't see no reason as a man mightn't 'ope to acquire it,' im practising constant and careful -- same as a pusson can learn a bullfinch to pipe '' Ome, sweet

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 Various

In de day-time, a colored pusson make a better mark dan a white man; but in de night we has de advantage.

The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times John Turvill Adams

"Oh, ma'am! oh, miss! dere's a pusson down stairs, a cullud woman, wid der small-pox!" he almost whistled in his alarm.

Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature Various

"A colored pusson as light complexum as a white man in de dark," exclaimed Primus, grinning.

The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times John Turvill Adams

The only pusson I ever seen whipped at dat whipping post was a white man.

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