haven't'ee

Updated: May 6, 2025

A woman, with two or three more to chorus her sentiments, would go into a shop and examine half-a-dozen dress fabrics, rubbing each between her work-hardened fingers and thumb till the shopkeeper winced, expecting to see it torn. Haven't'ee got any gingham tackle? Whereat the poor draper would cast down a fresh roll of stoutest material with the reply: 'Here, ma'am.

Richard Jefferies - Round About a Great Estate