willin

An 'my body was big an' warm an 'willin' -- an 'my heart was tender -- an' my soul was clean -- an 'for love o' the maid I loved I'd turned my eyes t 'the sunlit hills o' life.

Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Norman Duncan 1893

Meanwhile we-all is moughty obleeged to yo 'for yo' willin'-ness to do de right thing. "

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Various

Both the parties have been to see me, and Barkis is not "willin '" to give up his claim.

Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Elizabeth Ware [Editor] Pearson

De decanters wuz all set out on de sideboard wid de glasses, an 'de wine an' brandy wuz so ole dat one good size dram would make yo 'willin' to go to de jail house for sixty days.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Various

His face was so uplifted that I plunged on, thoroughly in the dark, but, like Barkis, "willin '."

The Love Affairs of an Old Maid Lilian Bell

I'm just played out, like a hoss thet had been strong an 'willin', an 'did too much ....

The Man of the Forest 1919

Knowin 'my Indian, I kep' quiet just the same, always bein 'willin' to bet on an Indian bein 'right on the trail.

The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

And besides, I believe the way it was, there was more chance of him bein 'willin' to do what papa wants him to.

The Turmoil 1915

"W'y, lookee, I be about to ax this 'ere deaf chap a question, though ready, ah! an' willin 'to shout it, if so be' e gives the word."

The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915

A'mighty the better; 'cause the Devil's ready an 'willin' to think for 'e tu.

Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911