beas

Now, Noah had done cotched a lot ob ebry sort o 'beas'es—

De Fust Banjo 1919

Now, Noah had done cotched a lot ob ebry sort o 'beas'es --

Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools 1910

Now, Noah had done cotched a lot ob ebry sort o 'beas'es --

The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902

Dat wuz de Churry_kee_ name fer 'owl,' but de gal ain 'pay no' tention ter dat, for mos 'er de Injun men wuz name' atter bu'ds an 'beas'eses an' sech ez dat.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887

'stracted, an' hit soun 'lak all de wil' beas'es in creation wuz turnt aloose an 'tryin' w'ich kin yell de loudes '.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) Various 1887

A face full of the aove changes the beas attitude.

Be Careful in Bear Country 2008

Mistah Jimmie, tah be able tah tell 'em in man er beas '!

At Home with the Jardines Lilian Bell

"Is I a beas 'o' de fiel '?" she exclaimed indignantly, "or is I a humanous bein '?"

We Three Gouverneur Morris 1914

Now yer mus 'kno' dat ole sarpint wuz de trickies 'an' de arties 'uv all de beas' uv de feil ', -- de ole debbul, dat's wat he wuz.

John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908

Coorn sattles fast, thof beas '(1)' ll fetch a deal.

Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems Frederic William Moorman 1895