shtiff

Well, there was to be a grand inshpection by a tremenjus brass-hat, one o 'thim soort all over ribbons that rides wid a shtiff back.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 5, 1919 Various

Pass up nothin '-- culverts, bridges, section-huts -- anywhere's th' shtiff may be hidin '.

The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall

Blake, an 'that pore hobo shtiff back in th' shed there.

The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall

"Thank ye, Mr. Gully," responded Slavin gratefully, "betune th 'bunch av us we shud nail th' shtiff all right."

The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall

An 's'posin' he found th 'bum-legged driver froze shtiff on th' tote-road phwere he'd made out to hobble a few moiles on his crutch -- phwat thin?

The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest 1921

He was shtiff wid books an 'the-ouries, an' all manner av thrimmin's no manner av use.

Soldier Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

He was shtiff wid books an 'theouries, an' all manner av thrimmin's no manner av use.

Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

"She'd be dead and shtiff in tin minutes be the clock if we'd lave her be in this drift."

Empire Builders Francis Lynde 1893

Across the way there does be a bit of sthrame that's fairly shtiff wid troutses in the saison, and a growth of rooshes under the edge lookin 'that smooth and greeny it must be a pleasure intirely to the grand young pig and the goat that spinds their time by the side of it when out of doores, which is seldom.

Penelope's Irish Experiences Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

And a toddy so shtiff that ye'd all like to thry it.

The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Kate Sanborn 1878