no'th

An 'wen Massa Miles wen' no'th to mak 'his fo'tune, he told Bob,' Bob, I'se leavin 'dis heah hous' in youah keer. '

Ralestone Luck Andre Norton 1958

"Ah reckon yo 'all are from th' no'th; aren't yo '?"

Tom Swift and His Airship Victor [pseud.] Appleton

De little ones Mr. Rough would throw up in de cart an 'off dey'd go no'th.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Various

An 'the breath o' the no'th is so cwold, as to chill

Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect William Barnes

Wal, Kingsley were a-comin 'down toward the fort from the no'th when he thort he see an Injun.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

"Back to the trail, as soon as we get a drink of watah, then no'th!"

Kid Wolf of Texas 1938

Then when Massa Miles wen 'no'th to make his fo'tune, he told Bob,' Bob,

Ralestone Luck Norton, Andre 1938

"Might an 'yo' pa's claim 'ud be som'ers up the no'th branch," suggested the woman.

The Gold Girl 1921

If you jest was to walk out of town, no'th, you could catch a train for Alamogordo, mebby, and then git a hoss and work over toward the Organ Range, which is sure open country -- and cattle.

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909

But it's like boxin 'the whole compass backward to get ha'f a p'int east of no'th.

The Depot Master Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907