The Pennsylvania Dutch tole watering can might be a reproduction but it looks convincing. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
'bout my age, an 'tole' im he mus 'pray, an' I'd pray for 'im. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
"'Young mas'r,' she said, 'tole' her she had to run away, taking the baby of course. From Wordnik.com. [The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights] Reference
"tole" her down the required way if she showed a tendency to run in another direction. From Wordnik.com. [The Woodlanders] Reference
"tole" painting - decorative folk art on tin and wooden utensils, objects and furniture. From Wordnik.com. [Redlands Daily Facts Most Viewed] Reference
"Der sthory she tole -- I can's most believe him.". From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
I tole him dat I kilt de fish, an dat it was mine. From Wordnik.com. [The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes] Reference
Lincoln and tole us that there would not be freedom. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
Den I got mad an 'tole her Mis' Polly wuzn 'like dat. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
"I was tole she went through this city with her baby.". From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
An 'I tole 'em,' Wa'n't I 'count good many years ago?'. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Mars Marrabo tole 'im, en he says ter Tenie, sezee. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Dey tole what dey were goin 'to do to Sherman and Grant. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1] Reference
An 'I tole my people we's gwine to die anyhow, an' we'd try de. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
She begged me so hard I tole her if you'd tell me whar Mary is. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Yo'all's ma tole me to look after yo ', an' I'se gwine to do it!. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West] Reference
Henry tole de doctor 'bout de goopher, but de doctor des laff at 'im. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
When I tole my man, he was so skeered he didn't know hisself scarcely. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
I tuk off my hat an 'tole him dat I wud be much obleged to him for it. From Wordnik.com. [The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes] Reference
I gin it sum Cider Berry Juice an 'tole its mudder to fotch me a tater. From Wordnik.com. [The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes] Reference
He tole 'em how he use to lib in Car'lina -- how he wus a slave; how he'd. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
I give it some Cider Berry Juice an 'tole its mudder to fotch me a tater. From Wordnik.com. [The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes] Reference
"I tole ye I would cut yer heart out," he panted as he brandished the knife. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
I'd have faith in you, an 'when you tole me so quick, all my faith in you come back. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
Paw ain't home, but he tole me t 'find a hoss an' git to you-all as fast as Ah could. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers] Reference
Rosy Delaney, dot Irish vomans vot haf such a long tongue got, she tole me der sthory. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
I tole him dat I did not blebe in doctors 'physic; dey did not no what to do for babies. From Wordnik.com. [The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes] Reference
"I is bin had my fortune tole last Sunday night," said Sam, while helping one of the girls. From Wordnik.com. [Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States] Reference
"I jis bin had my fortune tole last Sunday night," said Sam, while helping one of the girls. From Wordnik.com. [Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter] Reference
But I tole 'em I's comin 'wid a basin, an' I reckon I dip fas 'enough to keep us 'bove water. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
I tole 'im I' spected he'd had hold o 'me a long while, for I felt bad enough to be his work. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
De gemman talked so putty, dat I tole him to git in my skiff, an 'I wud carry him to de Lake. From Wordnik.com. [The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes] Reference
"Who -- tole yo?" he asked vaguely, hoping by the question to clarify the moment's confusion. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
Man come by here li'l bit ago tole me all 'bout white man try to 'rest you, ovah on the avvynoo. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
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