Put-down

Usage examples of dis.

Brer Tarrypin, he flapped he foots, en wagged he head, en shuck he tail, but all dis aint do no good.

Hit mighty funny dat I should run up on Cousin Wildcat in dis part er de worril.

Hit keep on dis a-way, twel bimeby Brer Rabbit know sumpin er udder bleedz ter be done.

Brer Rabbit say dis, Brer Fox en Brer Wolf flung back der heads en laff fit ter kill.

Brer Rabbit see Miss Fox go atter de water, he jump down en put out, en dis time he git clean away.

De gentleman what done dis was dat man Adam, back yonder in de garden.

God for all de big black men dat can holler for Governor Hampton as loud as dis one does.

I been tellin you bout, but dis de first time it come here en you better be a prayin.

Yes sir, they, my pappy and mammy, was just smuggled in dis part of de world, I bet you!

I could tell you a trunk full of good and easy, bad and hard, dat dis old life-stream have run over in eighty-two years.

Next year us moved to dis place, he own it then but Marster Arthur Owens owns it now.

You see, it is like dis, when a man gits killed befo he is done what de good Lawd intended fer him to do, he comes back here and tries to find who done him wrong.

They lived on a big plantation in Fairfield County and dere I come into dis world, eighty-three years ago, 10th day of April past.

When he git mad, he walk fast, dis way and dat way, and when he stop, would say terrible cuss words.

I is gwine straight over dar and lay my hand on Maria and rid her of dat misery dat she sont word was ailing her all dis spring.