Illustration: "WE ALL SET AND LAID ON OUR PLANS, AND CUT THE EDGES OFFEN THE PAPER.
We kep it in a little warm shed offen the wood house for quite a spell, but still I used to find it considerable cold when I would meander out there in a icy night to feed it.
And they all agreed that it would be puttin' the men in a bad place, and takin' a good deal offen their dignity, if the fair sex had been allowed by them to take such hardships onto 'em.
Methodist meetin' house for, if it hain't to guard the more weaker sect, and keep cares offen 'em?
She had picked ten geese at two cents apiece, and Serena that tender-hearted that it wuz like pickin' the feathers offen her own back.
An' all on a suddent de log up and spoke: "Get offen me!
So li'l' black Mose he git' offen dat log, an' no mistake.
Why, them fellers hain't brains enough to tell a battery from a regiment, nor pluck enough to take a settin' hen offen her nest.
If we'd had, we'd a blowed 'em clean offenthe hill.
I'd like awfully well to have a hand in runnin' them rebels offen Lookout Mountain.
He may fall offen a saw-log and git drowned, and you git her yit.
I hadn't nothin' else to do, so I thought I'd jest git that job offen my hands, and not to have to think about it any more.
That'll take the pint offen his bayonet mighty certainly.
Sit down there by the fire and git the goose-flesh offen you.
Don't you give me any more o' your slack, or I'll report you for your impudence, and have them stripes jerkedoffen you.
Come along with me, or I'll blow that whole earthquake rig offen you.
I fotched some 'simmons offenthet tree by my house.
Air ye goin' ter loan me thet gun of yore own free will or hev I got ter take hit offen ye?
I boughten thet piece of copper offen a feller thet murdered a revenuer ter save hit--so hit's due fer punishment.
From this time forward ye hain't nothin' but an eaglet thet kain't rise offen ther ground.
Now when ye reaches some rocky p'int whar hit won't leave no shoe-track, git down offen ther critter an' hit him a severe whack.
I bought this sixty acre piece offen him two year ago.
He stands behind the dealer and sees that same dealer give hisself four aces offen the bottom of the deck.
I never come onto this dang res'vation yit, that I didn't have t' kill off a mess uh Navvies before I got offen it agin.
But good sensible wimmen are reachin' up and pullin' the bandages offen her eyes.
And then to git her mind offen her sufferin's, I asked how her sister Azuba wuz gittin' along?
And bein' jest married, and thinkin' the world of her, Philander said he dassent leave home for fear she'd fall offen the barrel and break her neck.
Youse swiped some chink offen me, Mike, an' I want it.
The first time you was caught trying to read or write, you was whipped with a cow-hide, the next time with a cat-o-nine tails and the third time they cut the first jint offen your forefinger.
My big brother Eb he tote so many buckets of water to de hands in de field he wore all de hair offen de top he head.
Dey powder up de rattle offen de snake and tie it up in de little old rag bag and dey do devilment with it.
De nearest I comes to gittin whupped, 'twas once when I stole a plate of biscuits offen de table.
When war come to Texas every plantation was conscrip' for de war and my daddy was 'pinted to selec' de able body menoffen us place for to be sojers.
Grandma git de bark offen de thorn tree and bile it with turpentine for de toothache.
Yuh see dey hab uh big block outer in de yard wid uh big hole in it dat dey put de rice in en take dese t'ing call pestles en beat down on it en dat wha' knock de shaft offen it.
Den dey'ud hab sale en sell some uv de colored peoples offen to annuder plantation hundred mile 'way some uv de time.
Yuh le' it cook right done en den yuh take it up en wash it offen en it ready to eat.
I is 'member when dey'ud sell some uv de colored peoples wayoffen to annuder plantation somewhey.
Make em stand up on uh stump en bid em offen dere jes lak dey wuz hoss.
Tom say dey take him down 'side de woods en strip he clothesoffen him.
Den dey take it offen de fire en pour lye water aw o'er it.
I tole Billy you'd beat him fer takin' that ole nag offenthe man's han's.
He sets by the winder, all propped up with pillars, an' never tecks his eyes offen that corner.
Some time along the fust of last year mo’er took her up a house pig, to raiseoffen the slops and peelins.
Daddy mighty offen tells mo’er ‘bout it when she wants to go roun’ by herself or drive to town.
I'd like to celebrate his razzled head offen him," exploded the Deacon.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "offen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
