good-fur-nuffin

Updated: May 6, 2025

Don't ye know he won't 'spise an' hate ye jes' as ef he was like a man? Oh, honey! Hagar's feared ter hear ye talk like dat. 'Pears as ef ye made de Lord jes' like poor, eble, good-fur-nuffin man." Trafford made no reply. A sudden darkness seemed shutting down upon him.

Glance Gaylord - Culm Rock: The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught

But I ain't got no right ter be killin' up marster's niggers dat way; I'm wuff er thousan' dollars, an' marster ain't got no thousan' dollars ter was'e in dis creek, long er dat lazy, shif'less, good-fur-nuffin' yaller nigger."

Louise Clarke Pyrnelle - Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life