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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation dative
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Examples
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October 27, 2008 at 4:51 pm hee, my SIL ,Cathy ,is about the same vintage as Chatty Cathy and she definitely represented the remark when peeps speshully annoyink bros called her dat.
sorry u must be dis tall - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I stayed 'roun' de big house too, pickin 'up chips, sweepin' de yard an 'such as dat.
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I shook de rugs, brung in de kindlin 'an run' roun 'waitin' on Mis 'Virginia an' Mis 'Fanny, doin' things like totin 'dey basket of keys, bringin' dey shawls and such as dat.
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Had to hoe cotton en pick cotton en all such as dat.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Had plenty peas en rice en hog meat en rabbit en 'fish en such as dat.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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I was kept at de big house to wait on Mis 'Polly, to tote her basket of keys an' such as dat.
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You see, since Miss Emma been stayin dere, she in charge de house en uses all her tablecloths en such as dat.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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But, Massa Geral, 'Missis always tell me nebber talk o' dat. '
The Canadian Brothers, or the Prophecy Fulfilled a Tale of the Late American War — Volume 1 John Richardson 1824
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But, Massa Geral, 'Missis always tell me nebber talk o' dat. '
The Canadian Brothers, or the Prophecy Fulfilled a Tale of the Late American War — Complete John Richardson 1824
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"I see Rochelle expression when she come up, fixin up her hair an all o" dat. "
The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967
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