longer'n

"I been working in the oil patch longer'n anybody who's still around and kickin ', I reckon."

Empire Builders Bova, Ben 1993

"Takes longer'n I thought it would," Mexalgo was muttering.

Damia's Children McCaffrey, Anne 1993

"Longer'n that, child -- much longer'n that," admitted Aunt 'Mira, shamefacedly.

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long

But if folks values things rightly, and knows how to take care of 'em, there ain't many things that'll last longer'n

Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall

I've lived most a generation longer'n any man here, an 'I've seen a thing or two an' marked the way of nater jest like the Jedge.

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

"I never seen an Injun that cared to keep one of 'em longer'n he could let go of it," said the miner.

The Boy Scouts on the Yukon Ralph Victor

"No, I guess not," said Hi, "but it's a little longer'n I thought to the deepot."

Randy and Her Friends Amy Brooks

Wal, I reckon _I_ got stretched out longer'n common by fright.

Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods Alice B. Emerson

More'n a few times they be a 'scaped convict hit our place; but McGee, he wouldn't allow o' his stayin 'longer'n tuh git

Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat St. George Rathborne

"Well, Tad, yer head is a sight longer'n mine is, an 'I s'pose ye know what's best; but, my boy, let me give ye a little advice: If ye wait till ye find a real gold mine in these here parts, the boy's likely as not to die o' old age 'fore ye find it."

Buffalo Roost F. H. Cheley