Housen

By the way, he had known Wordsworth, and had entertained him at Harrow; and he told us that the Poet always said "housen," where we say houses. ❋ George William Erskine Russell (1886)

"housen," for example, and now and then a double plural -- a compromise between the ancient manner and the new -- would creep into their speech; ❋ David Christie Murray (N/A)

To the flint-wielding tribesman, he was the effete and sophisticated embodiment of the end of the old ways, a man who no longer hunted his food with spear and knife, but who spent his nights in housen, and tilled the soil. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2004)

‘To Mary Stile,’ replied the oldest, ‘the widow that rents one of them housen.’ ❋ Unknown (2004)

Towards the euening wee were quartered in the housen, those wherein the Generall was, were by writing freed, that no man might take out any goods, in the rest euery one might go, and take what pillage he could find: but the ❋ Unknown (2003)

Our men went to the Island and took 12 head of Cattle and 2 horses and came of without any Molestation [162] at night I went upon the piquet and it rained very hard and we turnd in to the housen and ❋ Abraham Tomlinson (N/A)

"Wa'n't your name Rose Rollins afore you was jined to the vagabond, -- wagabond, that is to say, -- afore you was dethroned; and didn't you live in Fust Street, opposite them old tenement housen knowed as Baker's Row?" ❋ Various (N/A)

An 'the young master be wishin' us to hev cleaner housen an 'slicker, an' I be willin 'to do't ef he wish, now! ❋ Glance Gaylord (N/A)

W'u'd he be doin 'us a bad turn who's mendin' the housen an 'makin' us comf'table? ❋ Glance Gaylord (N/A)

I 'spect the varmints is hatching some orful plans to put us out o' the way -- prehaps to hitch us to the stake and burn us all to cinder, like they did our housen, and them things. ❋ Emerson Bennett (N/A)

Level as a table, all cleared, not a stone in it, farm tools, housen and outhousen, and everything all ready for you. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

I went upon fatigue down in the street and the Enemy began to fire at us about 9 oclock and fired without intermition for some time bie the best acounts they fired above one hundred balls and our men fired 3 canon from our brest work near Lams Damb and one of the balls went into Boston amongst the housen but through the good hand of ❋ Abraham Tomlinson (N/A)

"Ay, mother," said Dirk, "an 'it be time we had new habits to go with the new housen, eh?" ❋ Glance Gaylord (N/A)

"It be like what it was when I was a gal, an 'all the housen was new," said one old fish-wife, who had tottered in with the others. ❋ Glance Gaylord (N/A)

"And very likely, boys, instead of hundreds of acres, with housen and outhousen, and farm tools, and booty, all that you'd get would be six feet of ground and a pine box." ❋ Unknown (N/A)

"Oh, laws!" exclaims Mrs. Williams, with humorous sadness, -- "what a show th 'ole cabin'll make, stuck down there 'mongst all them fine housen!" ❋ Various (N/A)

Noll overheard one old fish-wife say, "We ben't slick 'nough for new housen; ther'll hev to be great scrubbin' an 'scourin' that day, eh, Janet?" to her slatternly daughter-in-law; and the boy mentally prayed that this opinion would gain ground among all the fish-folk. ❋ Glance Gaylord (N/A)

Turnin 'of it over I recclected how they ust to put wut they called Argymunce onto the frunts of poymns, like poorches afore housen whare you could rest ye a spell whilst you wuz concludin' whether you'd go in or nut espeshully ware tha wuz darters, though I most allus found it the best plen to go in fust an 'think afterwards an' the gals likes it best tu. ❋ Various (N/A)

For man they say 'mon,' pronounce father 'fayther,' use 'mension' for measurement, 'ax' for ask, 'hosen' for hose, 'lovend' for loving, 'wit' for knowledge, 'housen' for houses; and many other words in daily use by them have for years been entirely obsolete in English-speaking countries. ❋ Unknown (1916)

'Mension' is used for measurement, 'aks' for ask, 'hit' for it, 'hosen' for hose, 'lovend' for loving, 'housen' for houses. ❋ Unknown (1916)