leetle

Madame Tagliabue and I too much fond of you and Madame Turnbull not to save your character, and so I come by her wish to beg you to settle this leetle note -- this _leetle_ debt of

Jacob Faithful Frederick Marryat 1820

Yus, wee can mak a leetle plaster soaked in teh martoonie fur yur forhed an den yu can drink teh rest ov teh pitchur.

Do I KNOW you? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

“You do know, and you must tell, petite dure-tête, or I will break a your leetle finger.”

Uncle Silas 2003

But sum times de oldah 'uns wud sneak out at night an'tak de hosses an' tak a leetle ride.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives Work Projects Administration

Well, Jeb knowed the premises, ef he couldn't talk, an 'purty soon Nance heerd Jeb's cheer creak a leetle, an' she says, Jeb's a - comin ', and Jeb was; an' Polly Ann 'lowed Jeb was jes a leetle too resolute an' quick-like, an 'she got her hand ready to give him one lick anyways fer bein' so brigaty.

Hell fer Sartain and Other Stories 1897

Nance heerd Jeb's cheer creak a leetle, an 'she says, Jeb's a-comin', and Jeb was; an 'Polly Ann' lowed Jeb was jes a leetle TOO resolute an 'quick-like, an' she got her hand ready to give him one lick anyways fer bein 'so brigaty.

Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories John Fox 1891

That jest suited 'em to a T, an 'always after that she wuz called leetle Lizzie, an' it sot on her, that name did, like _it_ was made for

Second Book of Tales Eugene Field 1872

I was jes 'leetle' nuff so I crope th'u de do 'an' hides behin 'de co'nah ob de sidebo'd.

The Corner House Girls at School Grace Brooks Hill 1917

It can hardly be denied, however, that the Republican and the Blade are a "leetle" inclined to Republicanism in their political proclivities, and their utterances do much towards shaping sentiment here in that direction.

The Liberian Exodus. An Account of Voyage of the First Emigrants in the Bark "Azor," and Their Reception at Monrovia, with a Description of Liberia--Its Customs and Civilization, Romances and Prospects. Alfred Brockenbrough Williams 1878

Likewise, Clara Young of Alabama, who was in her twenties when she was emancipated, remembered being sold and whipped but when asked what she thought about slavery declared, Well, leetle Miss, I tell you, I wish it was back.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010