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Examples
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I got towels up der dryin fings owt,but ifinkso teh TV be ded ansome ob teh kids games an books be a bit soggy.
Happiest - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I suggested; 'if so' ee wouldn't do nothink 'ansome for Sam and me; the only copper as we would git art of' im would be the ones 'eed call up ter give us in charge.
The Tale of Lal A Fantasy Raymond Paton
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She's gwain to be 'ansome, white as a lily she is, and it'll be better for she if she do have things to think of like the gentry.
Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse
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We planted 'er the day before yesterday; she was insured for twelve quid, an' everything was done 'ansome.
A Girl Among the Anarchists Isabel Meredith
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"Fine, big 'ansome man, he is," said Henry, "and this chap's got his clothes on."
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She's a 'ansome girl and -- but I daresay it's best not to count chickens before they're' atched.
The Rose in the Ring George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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And she has given her a chain for her neck, and Madame la Marquise that beautiful 'ansome botelle.
Pixie O'Shaughnessy George de Horne Vaizey 1887
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If you've got such a thing as an old dress or a pair of trousers, of the master's, I'd allow you 'ansome for them.
Betty Trevor George de Horne Vaizey 1887
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Why, you eben make a 'pression on dat big,' ansome Northern chap, ole
The Earth Trembled Edward Payson Roe 1863
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"Den, you see, massa, if Yelp not 'ansome, he know eberyting," Quambo used to remark.
Afar in the Forest William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
actung commented on the word ansome
short for handsome?
February 2, 2011