tendin

"Could any of you fine ladies put down your needles long 'nough ter hear where I found this little lass?" said the man, "fer she looks like she needed 'tendin' to."

Princess Polly At Play Amy Brooks

Bob he works for Missus Wade every mornin 'tendin' to her flowers and afternoons works for him self.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

'Bout dat time marster rode up from a sick call him been 'tendin' to.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

"I believe in 'tendin' to your own affairs and not interferin 'with other folks," Lucas rejoined.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 Various

My fust work wuz 'tendin' the calves an 'shinin' my Master's shoes.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

It is good-bye wid old clothes, bushes, and fences, when them foots gits to 'tendin' to deir business.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration

"Who'll be 'tendin' the city gates?" asked Joseph.

Seven Miles to Arden Ruth Sawyer 1925

'I cyant rightly say you favohs plowin', but howkum you ain 'tendin' de sale? '

Blister Jones John Taintor Foote 1915

"I was pr'tendin 'to be King Arthur when he found out Guinevere was in love with Launcelot," he rather lamely explained as he walked away to the window and stood staring out over the prairie.

The Prairie Child Arthur Stringer 1912

"I'm just 'tendin', you know, about him bein 'the czar," she said confidentially.

Sowing Seeds in Danny Nellie L. McClung 1912