wo'th

But wealth is wo'th now mwore than health is wo'th;

Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect William Barnes

"It'll take me outer myself, maybe; that'll be wo'th mo 'to me than a gold mine."

The Wedge of Gold C. C. Goodwin

You must take it for what it is wo'th, but this case to-day has reminded me o't, as

Jude the Obscure 1896

"Hit's because dey's so much of you, Ben, an 'evah bit of you's wo'th its weight in gol'."

The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

And if I can't overbid such a stripling as he, then I'm not wo'th a varden!

The Mayor of Casterbridge 1887

'Iv I gie it yer, an yor secret ain't wo'th it, I'll put soom o' that watter down yor neckhole, 'said Louie, nodding towards the place.

The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885

O no, not hired exactly, but she mostly lives with Miss Power, and goes about with her, and I dare say Miss Power makes it wo'th her while.

A Laodicean : a Story of To-day Thomas Hardy 1884

And if I can't overbid such a stripling as he, then I'm not wo'th a varden!

The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884

Mah goodness! we want to get into it and woak it fo 'all it's wo'th,' as Mr. Fulkerson says.

A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 3 William Dean Howells 1878

I guess what he don't know ain't wo'th knowin ', and I guess nobody else knows anything.

Ragged Lady — Complete William Dean Howells 1878