tu'ned

Ez he got down, he tu'ned to me an ', rubbin' de sorrel's nose, said:

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

De man tu'ned red an he say: "If you don 'tell me where you done hide dat silver I'se gwine to make' you skeered."

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

'Ida Lee, if you hadn't tu'ned [HW correction: turned] over dem bee gums dem Yankees would have toted off near 'bout everythin' fine we got.

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

I run an 'got me a long stick an' tu'ned over every one of dem gums.

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

You wuz my bes 'frien'; you made me w'at I wuz; an 'I tu'ned my back on you, an' ha'dened my heart lak Farro of ole Egyp 'ter de child'en er Is'ael.

The Partners 1901

But dey all tu'ned in en baig me ter look over it, bein 'es how it happen in meetin'-time; but I tell yo, ma-am, I never look nowhars wid dat eye fer mor'n free weeks.

Old times in Dixie land : a southern matron's memories, 1901

An 'Rich tu'ned right over an' begun pullin 'straws out'n the bed.

Hell fer Sartain and Other Stories 1897

I've be'n tu'ned out'n de chu'ch, but I don 'know who my enemy is dere, er ef it wuz all a mistake, like dis yer jailin' is; but de Debbil is in dis somewhar, Mars

The Marrow of Tradition 1895

I does my bes 'ter keep yo' misdoin's f'm 'im, an' sense I b'en tu'ned out er de chu'ch -- thoo no fault er my own, God knows!

The Marrow of Tradition 1895

An 'Rich tu'ned right over an' begun pullin 'straws out'n the bed.

Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories John Fox 1891