scantlin

He's poorer than Job's turkey, and his whole dorgon'd little scantlin 'church ain't bigger than one of them Saratogy trunks, but his people just swear by him.

Stage Confidences Clara Morris

I reached fo 'a chunk of scantlin', and de ole woman stood by fo 'to turn loose de coon, w'en dey hollered out dey wasn't no' spenses, no fees, no nuthin ', only ten bits fo' hevin 'yo' name 'graved in de soci'ty's books.

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

Issy took the order, but he wasn't real sure whether 'twas sheathin 'or scantlin' they wanted, so I told Cap'n Lote I'd run down myself and straighten it out.

The Portygee Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

'Tis a child's play, if you don't mind castin 'the boat next day an' content yourself with scantlin 'like a packin' case.

Hocken and Hunken Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

I found some logs on the ground jest the scantlin, and in less than an hour I hed the thing rigged an 'the trigger set.

The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Mayne Reid 1850

-- and away he goes from beam to beam, and from jice to jice, and from scantlin 'to scantlin', waultin 'up and up, and me waultin' after, -- for what could I do but wault?

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various

Take down that scantlin 'stuff and let this man have his stove. "

The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900

"I can't say for certain, but I seem to remember hearin 'Dad say something about buyin' some planks as a stand-by in case of repairs of any sort bein 'needed; and I believe I saw some planks and scantlin' down in the fore hold a bit later, while the ship was still in dock.

The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn Harry Collingwood 1886

"I santered roun ''bout er half nour, an' den I begin fer ter feel sorter squeemish -- sorter like I done bin an 'swoller'd 'bout fo' poun's off'n de ruff een 'uv er scantlin'.

Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881

"I santered roun ''bout er half nour, an den I begin fer ter feel sorter squeemish -- sorter like I done bin an, swoller'd 'bout fo' poun's off'n de ruff een 'uv er scantlin'.

Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878