desp'rit

"A mighty sassy and desp'rit critter at that," the colonel went on.

Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat St. George Rathborne

'I was lost, strayed, or stolen, Larry avick,' it'll say, 'an' I was so homesick for the old sod I was desp'rit, 'it'll say, an'

The Moon Pool 1919

Yore chief said they was another fellow -- desp'rit villain.

The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow Charles Henry Lerrigo 1916

"The desp'rit cove as gie me the one-er!" added the ostler.

Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915

"The door as you an 'that desp'rit villain broke betwixt ye -- fifteen shillin' -- ah, a pound won't pay for the mendin 'o' my door -- wot about it -- come!"

Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915

'I was lost, strayed, or stolen, Larry avick,' it'll say, 'an' I was so homesick for the old sod I was desp'rit, 'it'll say, an' 'take me back quick before I do any more har-rm!' it'll tell me -- an 'that's the truth.

The Moon Pool Abraham Merritt 1913

She was desp'rit, so she told him she'd get another man into the Basin to be caught and made to pay.

Bloom of Cactus Robert Ames Bennet 1912

Afther a whoile, they changed their chune to me an 'was desp'rit frien'ly -- all twelve av thim cursin' O'Hara in chorus.

Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

Afther a whoile, they changed their chune to me an 'was desp'rit frien'ly -- all twelve av thim cursin'

Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900

"I laid out that course whilst I was down on my knees in his cabin, sort of praying for a good lie in a time of desp'rit need," Captain

Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Holman Day 1900