soord

He'd stuck himsel 'wi' his soord, because a lassie wudna mairry him, an 'he was juist lyin' tellin 'a' the fowk aboot crooil weemin, an 'peace in the grave, an' a'thing, when Sandy cockit up his spygless to hae a glower at him afore he gae his henmist gasp.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

I rayturned him his soord with th 'wurruds: "Gin'ral, between two brave men there can be no hard feelin's."

Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

'I had me uniform to brush up an' me soord to polish, 'says Father Kelly.

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

Kelly tol 'me that, th' day afther he won th 'debate on th' pen an 'th' soord in favor iv th 'pen, they had to hire a carpenter to mend th' windows, they'd sagged so.

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War Finley Peter Dunne 1901

No more gallant sojer iver dhrew his soord to cut out a patthern f'r a coat thin Gin'ral Miles.

Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

'Ye've been in th' army forty year, 'he says, pushin' his head into th 'grate,' an 'ye shud know that an officer who criticizes his fellow officers, save in th' reg'lar way, that is to say in a round robin, is guilty iv I dinnaw what, 'he says, feedin' him with his soord.

Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

He gets no soord fr'm Congress whin he brings in Starkey be th 'burnin' hair iv his head.

Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

But annyhow he give his opinyion, an 'afther givin' it he took his bonnet out, had a goold beater in to fix up th 'epylets, got th' ilicthric lights goin 'in th' buttons, found th 'right pair iv blue an' pink pants, pulled on th 'shoes with th' silver bells, harnessed to his manly hips th 'soord with the forget-me-nots on th' handle an 'pranced over to th' White House.

Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

If his foot slips an 'he grows a little cross with a pris'ner iv war on th' way to th 'station an' dhrops his soord or his club on th 'top iv him, is he up befure th' judge an 'thried be a jury iv his peers?

Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

I'm goin 'to organize a rig'mint iv Rough Riders an' whin I stand on th 'top iv San Joon hill with me soord in me hand an' me gleamin 'specs on me nose, ye can mark th' end iv th 'domination iv th'

Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901