bar'l

By Blunt's Coast Pilot, young sir, I allude to a celebrated book, as big as a pork bar'l, that every skipper has in his locker, to guide him on his wanderin way -- ony me.

Lost in the Fog James De Mille

"Yass, sah, we's sottin 'on a bar'l of gunpowder."

The Mutineers Charles Boardman Hawes

Don't you see dat picter-feller tryin 'to took you an' me an 'de bar'l?

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various

Dey wuz mighty glad ter do des like dis, kaz dey done seed Brer Wolf tushes, en Brer Fox red tongue, en dey huddle up in de broom-sage ez still ez a mouse in de flour bar'l.

The Book of Stories for the Story-teller Fanny E. Coe

Whin he's had two sups o 'whiskey he belaves he's dhrunk a bar'l full.

Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature Various

An 'I'll give you five dollahs an' a bar'l o 'co'n.

Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Thomas Washington Talley

But my party wuzn't workin 'at contractin'; he wuz workin 'at contractors, an' he knew 'em, lock, stock, and bar'l.

The Henchman Mark Lee Luther

"When you get into one o 'them new houses, with a piazzer acrost the front, and plenty of windows, and a grass plot, and see Lucy washin' dishes at the little white sink with the hot and cold water runnin 'free out of silver fassets, and know you don't have to tote your drinkin'-water a block, and ketch what rain-water you can in a bar'l, you won't feel so gritty, Bill!"

Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Fannie E. Newberry

Lashnagar and she had certainly seen the "bar'l" -- a thirty-six gallon barrel being taken into that room.

Captivity M. Leonora Eyles 1924

"He's been at the bar'l," muttered Wullie, and with a cry she started forward.

Captivity M. Leonora Eyles 1924