Sue, an' she wuz er good 'oman, I tell you.
— from The Starbucks by Opie Percival Read

But while the Professor grew more and more half-hearted in his protestations that he really didn't care where he went, Mrs. Marshall grew more and more positive that he must not be allowed to miss the music, finally silencing his last weak proffer of self-abnegation by saying peremptorily: "No, no, Elliott; go on in to your debauch of emotion.
— from The Bent Twig by Dorothy Canfield Fisher