dreffle

"I heard a great noise, and I thought sumfin dreffle might have happened, so I came to see."

Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys 1871

I want a dreffle big false face to scare in fits our ba - by.

Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 Various

Sez he wunt vote fer Guvener B. Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man:

Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans Sherwin Cody

He was dreffle sweet on her for about a month, and mebbe she was happy, mebbe she wa'n't: how should I know about white folks 'feelin's?

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various

'T's like old Deacon Skillins's hoss, down to Mudville, that was so dreffle conscientious he couldn't eat oats.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various

A kind o 'vicyvarsy house, built dreffle strong an' stout,

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various

Took hold o 'my nose dreffle bad; I'm afeard my stomach'll be a goner.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Various

Sez he wunt vote for Gineral B. Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man:

The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902

Sez he wunt vote fer Guvener B. Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man: 15

0 349. From "The Biglow Papers" by James Russell Lowell. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900 1900

Sez he wun't vote for Guvener B. Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man:

Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I Various 1900