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I axed har ef she'd leff the 'oman who'd made har husban's fortun ', who war the muther uv his chil'ren, who fur twenty yar hed nussed him in sickness an' cheered him in healtf, ef shede let _thet 'oman_ bee auckyund off ter th' hi'est bider.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Ol 'Bat, she tell Tex way back on Antelope Butte, dat tam, dat ain' hees 'oman -- dat de pilgrim 'oman.

Prairie Flowers 1921

I was like "oman, that is a SERIOUS bike!", and he was like "hehehehe, yah, the torque pulls you forward like some kind of science fiction movie, it's just unreal!"

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Be the howly! show me the scallywag that would harrum a hair o 'the ole 'oman's hid, an' I'd give him sich a pelt on the gob, that he would think he'd got forninst a horse's hoof! '

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Dat old 'oman 'lowed she would see 'bout dat, and she kept Mary in her sight day and night, inside de house mos'ly.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

I'se been sick so long my mem'ry ain't as good as it used to be, and since I lost my old 'oman 'bout 2 months ago, I don't

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

Now this 'oman's husban 'wuz a sinner, but she wuz a christian.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

"Well, I declar 'ef I ain't done fergot ter tote in dat lighterd; I reckon de ole 'oman' ll ha 'ter fetch it in herse'f dis time."

The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays 1895

I kin poke my finger right in the old 'oman's eye, and keep it thar; and if I say it ain't thar, she'll say so, too.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887

Heap of 'em does dat des ter ease dey own consciences an 'pacify a dead 'oman's ghost.

Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886