scawn

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Dave had patien'ly endyoed de finger er scawn, en all de hard words w'at de niggers pile 'on' im, caze he wuz sho 'Dilsey would stan' by 'im, en wouldn' b'lieve he wuz a rogue, ner none er de yuther tales de darkies wuz tellin ''bout' im.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various
Dave had patien'ly endyoed de finger er scawn, en all de hard words w'at de niggers pile 'on' im, caze he wuz sho 'Dilsey would stan' by 'im, en wouldn' b'lieve he wuz a rogue, ner none er de yuther tales de darkies wuz tellin ''bout' im.

Dave's Neckliss 1889