fraid

I was 'fraid 'bout what you'd say; and there was the perliceman too, and I'd no business to be there.

The Bag of Diamonds George Manville Fenn 1870

We not 'fraid "-- tapping his hip-pocket, where, sailor-like, he always carried his knife sheathed in a leather case.

Tom Grogan Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

Everybody was 'fraid' cept a teenty, weenty girl. "

Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Harriet L. Smith

You see, dey git 'fraid 'bout dat' ouse of de Sister ', you know? "

Strong Hearts George Washington Cable 1884

No little fraid-cat shrimps like you-all can skin Burning Daylight.

Chapter IV 2010

My sister called me Gonquin (fraid I'm having to do my best spelling it) till she could pronounce my name.

Don't call me "Baby." Roger Sutton 2009

Are you people that fraid that what she says in her book may actually be true?

Palin: Don't trust media reports about book 2009

"I'm 'fraid, Shaggy Man," she said, with a sigh, "that we're lost!"

Love Letters 2010

Why are these people so fraid of the bully pulpit, that they only write letters?

Happy Hour Roundup 2009

Hell, they woulda done to the Dark Sethlord Chainy already sept'n thar 'fraid that the children would cry like they did when they watched "Old Yeller" decades ago.

Quote Of The Day 2009