Butcha

“An when anybody tries tu tell me or mine that Protestant preachers an public schools is fit fu decent, God-fearing Americans, I tells um, ‘Well, I never say nothing bad about nobody, butcha oughta read u papers an listen to Father Moneyhan.’” ❋ Harriette Arnow (1954)

Lots u fun; butcha gotta line up an push—hard—real hard, like they was a door in front a yu an a fire behind yu. ❋ Harriette Arnow (1954)

We divided um up last night—kinda crowds a person, butcha gotta do somethen—them little kids, an it cold. ❋ Harriette Arnow (1954)

There he left her with her _butcha_, [3] my half-brother, and journeyed toward the setting sun to look upon the face of his father the Jam Saheb. ❋ Percival Christopher Wren (1913)

And I don’t know how you hid from my camera on Friday night–butcha did! ❋ Unknown (2007)

If you’d stayed in th car like we said, we’d have their number now an—butcha didn’t; that’s that. ❋ Harriette Arnow (1954)

It’s shorter tu go by du tracks, butcha gotta watch out onu tracks. ❋ Harriette Arnow (1954)

“Christ yu meant it tu be—butcha couldn’t find no face fu him.” ❋ Harriette Arnow (1954)

Mrs. Miller only nodded, I don’t neither, butcha gotta learn some time. ❋ Harriette Arnow (1954)

"_Man, Sahib_! too much quentence have got that chee-chee woman; that chee-chee woman all same dam iscamp; paunch butcha not have got, -- one butcha not have got. ❋ Various (N/A)

Master buksheesh give; _paunch butcha_ have got. " ❋ Various (N/A)

"Colonel sahib, since I was a little butcha not as high as your knee I have spoken English and sat at the feet of British officers. ❋ Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 (1920)

"Colonel sahib, since I was a little butcha not as high as your knee ❋ Talbot Mundy (1909)

[Butcha], he went and took my [penicl] "is this [mine]?" "Butcha it mine!" ❋ Cole (2004)