gover'ment

Maybe she's got a hold on a fellow high in the gover'ment, like something she knows about him.

The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989

Maybe she's got a hold on a fellow high in the gover'ment, like something she knows about him.

The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1988

I was near the corner, so I says, 'Whose law?' while backing away a little ... and he says, 'The gover'ment o' the United States '... and I backs up some more and says,' We got no trouble with it, 'and he says,' I mean the lawful gover'ment, not the rebels - 'And then he sees what I'm doing and yells,' Halt or I shoot! '

Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964

The gover'ment got so many folks doin 'so much you can't tell what they after.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

Me and BILL KELLEY are the two chaps appointed as a committee to weigh all the pig-iron that has been imported in the last year, and to see if the gover'ment hasn't been swindled, in either the deal or the play.

Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 Various

"Stores all shut up, post-office locked and old man Flower settin 'in the upstairs winder with his Winchester across his leg waitin' for them to bust in the door and steal the gover'ment money!"

Trail's End George W. Ogden

And he says something about not stooping to bribe any man to cast a vote for the gover'ment by promising to find work for him, but there's a big programme of gover'ment works to be done in the neighbourhood, which, of course, will help to make good times, he says.

William Adolphus Turnpike William Banks

We was to arrest you for stealin 'cattle from the gover'ment.

Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur Edward C. Taylor

I know you'll lose on it, seein's you got a new gover'ment hay charter comin 'your way, but can't you strain a p'int for an old friend?

Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930

Here I am now, lookin 'to sign up a gover'ment hay charter, and he'll put me high and dry if this word is passed along again.

Isle o' Dreams Frederick Ferdinand Moore 1930