dirls

"Do wivers do to bed dus 'ike' ittle dirls?" demanded Tot, whose young existence was embittered by that seemingly needless ceremony.

Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories M. T. W.

"Dese my 'itty dirls," said Tot, as Diddie received her, "an 'I tome in de bumberbuss."

Diddi, Dumps, and Tot 1882

"Dese my 'itty dirls," said Tot, as Diddie received her, "an 'I tome in de bumberbuss."

Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878

Stevie wished she was a little brother, "'tause dirls ain't no dood," he said.

A Little Girl of Long Ago Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873

"Has you dot any 'ittle boys and dirls at your house?" asked Harold.

Elsie's Motherhood Martha Finley 1868

You don't like little dirls we'en they cwy, does you? "

Frank Merriwell's Bravery Burt L. Standish 1905