sartin

'Cuss the brute,' he said, 'the divil's in her, sure an' sartin '.'

Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray David Christie Murray

It's a marvel to me that they're not dashed to shivers on the coral reef, for sure an 'sartin' am I that if any o 'us tried it, we wouldn't be worth the fluke of a broken anchor after the wave fell.

The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean 1859

"Grimalkinsham is a tad on the tough side, that's sartin," the former bandit said sagely, "but there be no more witches there than in most places."

Night Arrant Gygax, Gary 1987

"Let me feel your pulse," at the same time taking his patient's hand in his, placing his fingers on his pulse, he said, "Ah, your case is a bad one; if I don't do something for you, and dat pretty quick, you i'll be a gone coon, and dat's sartin."

Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States. By William Wells Brown, A Fugitive Slave, Author of "Three Years in Europe." With a Sketch of the Author's Life 1953

"Only two, air yuh dead sartin?" continued Johnny.

Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails Alan Douglas

"Oh, yes, mistis, Uncle Albert and Aunt Alice dey go too, and dey want we all to go 'long, but I's gwine ter wait untwill sees what Jack got ter say, 'cause I ain't gwine _nowha_ dragging all dem chillum along untwill I knows for sartin whar I's gwine ter stop."

Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers

A man can't be dead sartin that he's in his native state.

The California Birthday Book Various

They mebbe think he's an old pirate or the like, "and he chuckled again," but they sartin sure respect him.

Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper

"Sartin, Mars Jim, sartin;" and he was out of the door before my flying boot could repay the impertinence of that grin.

The Tory Maid Herbert Baird Stimpson

"Ah! your case is a bad one; ef I don't do something for you, and dat pretty quick, you'll be a gone coons and dat's sartin."

Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States William Wells Brown