Herse

The name herse was then applied to the draped catafalque or platform upon which the candles stood and the coffin rested, not as now the word hearse to a carriage for the conveyance of the dead. ❋ Alice Morse Earle (1881)

Dere didn ''pear ter be nuffin' pertickler de matter wid her, -- she had des grieve 'herse'f ter def fer her Sandy. ❋ Various (N/A)

I never did hold with a woman killin 'herse'f with hard work. ❋ Alice MacGowan (N/A)

I 'uz up there, while after that, turn' down her bed; an 'she injoyin' herse'f readin 'book. ❋ Booth Tarkington (1907)

Page 102 comes agin, jes 'as she were joyin' herse'f, jes 'es she were takin' a little plesyure, here dey comes a knockin 'uv it all in de haid, en spillin' de fat in de fire. ❋ Unknown (1901)

Not that the preacher wouldn't be good to her, but because she'd be a settin 'herse'f up as a mark fur all the other women in the neighborhood. ❋ Opie Percival Read (1895)

The Lance saveys; he knows Sunbright; likewise he knows what her plantin 'herse'f in his way an' her droopin 'attitoode explains. ❋ Alfred Henry Lewis (1885)

An 'wan leetle cheer for Belzemire dat 's kipin' herse'f alive ❋ William Henry Drummond (1880)

When he caught the measles from Sairy Baxter's baby Lizzie sot up day 'nd night till he wuz well, holdin' his hands 'nd singin' songs to him, 'nd cryin' herse'f almost to death because she dassent give him cold water to drink when he called f'r it. ❋ Eugene Field (1872)

I reckon Miss Flo'ence mighty 'shamed o' herse'f, kickin 'up all dis rumpus 'bout nothin'. " ❋ Amy Ella Blanchard (1891)

I suspect that, on grounds of simple human compassion, such poor souls should simply be put down ... wv: herse. ❋ Dungeekin (2009)

But she soon found herse lf working more on household chores than her business. ❋ Sarah E. Needleman (2010)

Wer also lyke the sawng wiff: Doan yew laff wen the herse rolls by cuz yew cood be the necks to die. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am aware that Craigslist is full of spammers and time wasters (both posting and replying) and it has not taken too much brain power to work out which ones are con artists/spammers or illiterate time wasters ("Hey babe, herse my nmebr, txt if u wanna met, yeh"). ❋ Ms Robinson (2009)

When Ai m 2 old 2 rydez ne dai naw teh biggeh herses, mebbe teh liddul teeny tiny herse will livz wit mii n mai haws so Ai still habz hersey 2 snorgle…….hersey snorgles is teh best! ❋ Unknown (2008)

April 11, 2008 at 4:32 am tings heff gone fum bad to wurse fyre the nerse and rent me a herse ❋ Unknown (2008)

SLS is premised on the not-so-novel idea that one's writing can greatly benefit from the keen sense of temporary displacement created by an immersion in a thoroughly foreign culture and street vernacular; that one's removing himself/herse... ❋ Unknown (2008)

Then we went all about the cage and the pavilion to find ingate, and found it not; and then the three of us together strove with the bars of the herse, and shook and swayed them, but it was all to no purpose. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But they stood together in the midst of the said cage, and though they gazed piteously on us thence, and reached out their hands to us, they neither spake nor came to the herse to us; so we deemed that they were bewitched, and our joy was dashed. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"When I step into the room they know well [what it do]...oh she already done had herses...meaning I've already [spoke] with her [personally] and let her have it." ❋ Clever Marko (2017)

He [that guy] is [really] hersing ❋ Hersingersletikketyk (2018)

[RuPaul] says it on the [RuPaul's Drag Race]. Ru says it on the tv "she done already done had herses" and then she gives the players a little hint about the today's mini [challange]. ❋ Dave4u (2017)