hayer
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She says such words as yes, air, hair, guess, with two syllables —yayus, ayer, hayer, gayus.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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See the face av a woman in sterricks wid her hayer flyin' an' her jaw a-droppin'.
From Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned by Seton, Ernest Thompson
"They didn't dar' stay hayer longer," said Old Rocks.
From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Standish, Burt L.
Talkeing to the appearances"—"Hell fyre to all eternity"—A creature "with a great head & wings & noe boddy & all black"—Songs and tunes—Secular and scriptural recitations—" The lock of hayer" "June 28th 1692.
From The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) by Taylor, John M. (John Metcalf)
My lands! here it is ten-thirty and I got to be on the job when them hayers start to-morrow A.M.
From Somewhere in Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon
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