Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal variant of
fother .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
fodder , a weight.
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- noun Alternative form of
fodder . (a weight)
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Examples
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Ah wuz out in de woods waukin (walking) an ah saw sumpin dat looked lak a squirrel start up a tree and de fudder up hit got the bigger hit got an hit wuz big as a bear when hit got to de top and ma said dat hit was a haint.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 Work Projects Administration
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'De young missus doan't want dis ting to gwo no fudder.
The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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An 'he tel de king fudder dat he saw er stone dat wuz cut widout han's out'n de mountin an' dat de stone smote de imige erpun his feet an 'broke 'em in pieces, an' dat de stone dat brok de imige became a gret mountin an 'filled all de wurl'.
John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908
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"For de Lawd's sake, honey, don't you boys go up dat road no fudder!"
The Southerner A Romance of the Real Lincoln Thomas Dixon 1905
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Ef dish yer man is bleedzd fer ter have a name, den I'm done, kaze you'll hatter go fudder dan me.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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He got back little fudder, en spit on his han's, en lit out en made de jump, en he come so nigh gittin 'in dat de een' er his tail kotch afier.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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Den Miss Cow back off little fudder, she did, en hi'st her tail on 'er back, en come agin de tree, kerblam! en she come so fas', en she come so hard, twel wunner her hawns went spang thoo de tree, en dar she wuz.
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser Frederick Stuart 1881
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"Noo, tain't," that says, an 'that come fudder inter the room.
Folk Tales Every Child Should Know Hamilton Wright Mabie 1880
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Den Miss Cow back off little fudder, she did, en hi'st her tail on 'er back, en come agin de tree, kerblam! en she come so fas', en she come so hard, twel one 'er her horns went spang thoo de tree, en dar she wuz.
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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He got back little fudder, en spit on his han's, en lit out en made de jump, en he come so nigh gittin 'in dat de een' er his tail kotch afier.
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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