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Word: hisself (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Well, Mr. Young," said Paw, "hit don't seem just right fer you to stand in the way of a man's bettering hisself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The WP & A | 8/11/1941 | See Source »

...There were wisecracks of course, typically Yankee-about the "red tape" of registration, the "propaganda" in the little bulletin of instructions given to each man, about the message by Franklin Roosevelt on the first page of the bulletin-"Holy smoke, Joe, can ya imagine that! President Roosevelt hisself writing me a personal letter of gratitude and appreciation. Hurry up and sign your X so you can be on the roll of honor too!" Funniest registrant was a happy-go-lucky darky who was stumped by the requirement to name a person who would always know his address. He . . . finally replied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 11, 1940 | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

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