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  • verb dialectal Past participle of hear

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Examples

  • He had a great fund of long-winded stories and incidents, mostly manufactured by himself -- some few he had "hearn" -- and would bore you or edify you, as it might turn out, from sun to sun, interspersing them now and then with a dull, guttural, lazy laugh.

    Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters 1859

  • Mars Dugal 'hearn 'bout Aun' Peggy's doin's, en begun ter 'flect whe'r er no he couldn' git her ter he'p him keep de niggers off'n de grapevimes.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

  • Mars Dugal 'hearn 'bout Aun' Peggy's doin's, en begun ter 'flect whe'r er no he couldn' git her ter he'p him keep de niggers off'n de grapevimes.

    The Goophered Grapevine 1887

  • "W'en Mars Dugal 'hearn 'bout de ham, he say he wuz might'ly' ceived en disapp'inted in Dave.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

  • "W'en Mars Dugal 'hearn 'bout de ham, he say he wuz might'ly' ceived en disapp'inted in Dave.

    Dave's Neckliss 1889

  • Seems as if I recomember havin 'hearn 'em tell how "-- Gorm Smallin sent a sidelong glance toward Cranston's face, as a mariner might look into the sky, to find out if the weather-signs would authorize him to proceed farther; and apparently satisfied himself of clear weather --" how a big fellar thar one night slapped you down in the parlor right afore the women! "

    Tiger-Lilies. A Novel. 1867

  • July 1st, 2009 7: 27 pm ET yes the saga is over for republicans as well, the goose is cooked, its in the refrigerator, the eggs are cooling and the butter is gettig hard, an chick hearn quote, the ice age cometh for the party of doom. the wind is blowing them out to sea, set sail gop and go to devils island. annie against biased news

    Minnesota joins ranks of longest Senate sagas 2009

  • The hoodoo's sure on it, from the first flip to the last call, judgin 'from all you an' me has hearn tell about it.

    THE MAN ON THE OTHER BANK 2010

  • Prices soaring by lj hearn on Saturday, Mar 21, 2009 at 4: 02: 17 AM

    Prices soaring for unwanted horses 2009

  • On the upside, I just hearn a radio news story about a not-too-distant middle school that had 17 pregnancies so far this year.

    The forces against her « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2007

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