nowher's

Updated: May 2, 2025

Got a fever 'n' agur a'ready? Y' ain't afeard of a dead man, be yeh, Elkanah?" "I don't noways like the idear," said Elkanah, "of sleepin' aboard, an' him dead thar by his own will, a-layin' closte up to the sloop." "He ain't nowher's nigh the sloop," responded Perkins.

Edward Eggleston - Duffels

"Yes, I bet you will; en you won't stop dah, nuther. But I ain't gwine to tell you heah " "Good gracious, no!" "Is you 'feared o' de ha'nted house?" "N-no." "Well, den, you come to de ha'nted house 'bout ten or 'leven tonight, en climb up de ladder, 'ca'se de sta'rsteps is broke down, en you'll find me. I's a-roostin' in de ha'nted house 'ca'se I can't 'ford to roos' nowher's else."

Mark Twain - The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson