compree

Having heaped up the straw, our bedding, in one corner of the barn, swept the concrete floor, rolled the blankets, explained to the gossipy farm servant that I did not "compree" her gibberish, and (p. 037) watched her waddle across the midden towards the house, my duties were ended.

The Red Horizon Patrick MacGill 1926

I can pitch the cuffer in any bat from Tamil to Arabic, an 'the only chap I couldn't compree was a deaf-an'-dumb man who suffered from

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 30, 1919 Various

Sure, you'll scramble along somehow to the rest of the camp in the rear, and on your way you will pass bright remarks that we non compree but enjoy just the same, for we know you are wishing the doughboy good luck.

The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Harry H. Mead

You see we put up a good line of talk, compree? ...

Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933

Then we thought we might as well see a bit of the country, compree? ...

Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933

"Madham mosselle," he said, lingering over every syllable, "I get no milk with cawfee, compree?"

The Red Horizon Patrick MacGill 1926

And Jim parley-voos to the widder: "Trez beans, lamoor; compree?"

Rhymes of a Red Cross Man 1916

Now they were to discover that their knowledge was not quite so extensive as they had imagined, although it never occurred to them that the French women in the billets were learning English a great deal more rapidly and efficiently than they were learning French, that it was not altogether their mastery of the language which instantly produced soap and water, for instance, when they made motions of washing their hands and said slowly and loudly: "Soap -- you compree, soap and l'eau; you savvy -- l'eau, wa-ter."

Action Front Boyd Cable 1910

Voo dunno me a kiss with the cawfee, compree, it's better'n milk. "

The Red Horizon Patrick MacGill 1926

"Not compree," he continued, "and me learnin 'the lingo.

The Red Horizon Patrick MacGill 1926