swunk

By de time hot weather come de shirt was done wore thin and swunk up and 'sides dat, us had growed enough for 'em to be short on us, so us jus' wore dem same shirts right on thoo 'de summer.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

Fus 'He tuck an' made 'em lose der human shape an 'den He swunk 'em up ontwel dey' z no bigger'n dey is now, dat 'uz ter show 'em how no-kyount dey wuz in His sight.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887

Ole Brer B'ar, he got de swell-headedness hisse'f, en ef der wuz enny swinkin ', hit swunk too late fer ter he'p ole Brer B'ar.

Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881

"But dar ole Brer B'ar hung, en ef his head ain't swunk, I speck he hangin 'dar yit -- dat w'at I speck."

Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881

Ole Brer B'ar, he got de swell-headedness hisse'f, en ef der wuz enny swinkin ', hit swunk too late fer ter he'p ole Brer B'ar.

Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878

"But dar ole Brer B'ar hung, en ef his head ain't swunk, I speck he hangin 'dar yit -- dat w'at I speck."

Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878

"I done tol 'you," she said, "dat dem 'ar han's is human, an' I mean jes 'w'at I ses,' kase de moleses useter be folks, sho'-'nuff folks, dough dey is all swunk up ter dis size an 'der han's is all dat's lef ter tell de tale.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Various 1887