"Sassy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sassy, Massa Seth. I'se hab too much respect for myself, sah, for dat! I only tells you as de meat's done and gettin' cool, dat's all, while yous be all jabberin' way jus like passul monkeys. No imperance in ...
— Picked up at Sea - The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek • J.C. Hutcheson
... Duncan, he seen dat de Niggers b'have deyse'ves right. Dey called him de 'Boss Man.' He always carried a big whup an' when dem Niggers got sassy, dey got de whup ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Mississippi Narratives • Works Projects Administration
... into the riding hall this morning, and Sergeant Gully and Sergeant Halligan said he enlisted. Of course, I know, sir, they couldn't enlist him, but I'm afraid I helped 'em on with the joke. Anyhow, I made him get on a horse, and it would have broke your heart, sir, to see such riding! Then he got sassy, and I told him, just to get rid of him, to report himself under arrest, but nobody ...
— Betty at Fort Blizzard • Molly Elliot Seawell
... Benton, you sassy boy. As sure as I'm alive, I saw the ghost of Antonio Bernal peeking in at that open window afore I shut it. He was so white I couldn't tell him from paper, and so thin I 'peared ...
— Jessica, the Heiress • Evelyn Raymond
... called a strange boy in the crowd, taking up the spirit of fun. "That soldier has done good service. She took a sassy little crab out of my ear this ...
— The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore • Laura Lee Hope
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