1857, The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 1, No.1, Sally Parson's Duty"Bless your pooty little figger-head, Sally! I don't know as 'tis, but suthin' nigh about as bad is a-comin...
1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter VIII"Well, you see, it 'uz dis way. Ole missus — dat's Miss Watson — she pecks on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she awluz said she wouldn' sell me down to Orleans.
