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Examples
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While Harold prepared for that “mem'ry” trip, he mentioned the “little lady” who worked at the store selling toilets and tubs.
Anniversary Cruise 2010
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But the fifth day of October stays in my mem'ry yet.
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But you know that we shall meet again If your mem'ry serves you well.
THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE 1967
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Yet mem'ry oft will fondly brood on yon burn side,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Their men for generations was drowned and more'n forty per cent. of the stones in the churchyards along the coast, sacred to the mem'ry of the men of the fam'lies, have on 'em: '_Lost at sea_.'
Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper
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Where all grief is but a mem'ry, and all pain is left behind
The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel John Maurice Miller
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I'se been sick so long my mem'ry ain't as good as it used to be, and since I lost my old 'oman 'bout 2 months ago, I don't
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration
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Our hearts crave the boon o'er thy mem'ry to mourn.
The Snow-Drop Sarah S. Mower
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Mighty glad you keeps dat in your mem'ry, 'til dis blessed day.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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Uncle Andrew, well pleased with his recital, retired to his corner by the hearth and listened "mannerdly" -- after first warning the visitor in a gentle undertone, that "My wife she ain got much mem'ry an she don hear good."
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Tennessee Narratives Work Projects Administration
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