sartain

"Oh, my golly, Massa Will! ain't dis here my lef 'eye for sartain?" roared the terrified Jupiter, placing his hand upon his right organ of vision, and holding it there with a desperate pertinacity, as if in immediate dread of his master's attempt at a gouge.

The Gold-Bug 2006

"De bug — I'm berry sartain dat Massa Will bin bit somewhere bout de head by dat goole-bug."

The Gold-Bug 2006

"Yes, massa, him dead as de door-nail — done up for sartain — done departed dis here life."

The Gold-Bug 2006

But, be he who he will, sartain it is, a has nothing of the gentleman about en; for, thof a asked such a favour, a never once put hand in pocket, or said, ‘Dog, will you drink?’

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

I vow she would fain have a burd That bids such a price for an owl. but, for sartain, he must have dealt with some Scotch musician to bring her to this pass — As for me, I put my trust in the

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

“Sartain! sartain,” the miller replied, lifting a broad floury hat and showing a large gray head.

Erema Richard Doddridge 2004

"Well, if y'don't know for sartain, you're a damfool to be headin 'along it, ain't you?"

Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971

"Well, if y'don't know for sartain, you're a damfool to be headin 'along it, ain't you?"

Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971

'Mighty pore, massa; de ma'am war dar lass night and dis mornin', and she reckun'd he's gwine to gwo sartain. '

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Josh -- father he'd put out o 'Newport with a sartain tide.

Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper