Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal reduction of we shall.
- noun A dialectal reduction of we is for we are.
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Examples
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'Ay, we'se look after wersel'n,' said another voice.
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Briarfield suld be famous: but we'se hev a column and a half i 'th'
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And here, by the Lord, is another set with lights in their pitchers, like the army of Gideon; and as we've th 'parson wi' us - good - evening, Mr. Helstone, we'se do. '
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"Now, suh, boss, ain't dat perzakly de ting we'se done gwine diskiver in dis-yere trial?"
Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Anonymous
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O Lord, throw overboard all the load we'se totin, and the sins which upset us.
The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 03, March, 1888 Various
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"You needn't preach no more; de Cunnel hab say we'm to whip ole Moye, and we'se gwine to do it, by ----."
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore
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Christians am like salt -- we'se put here to keep this old yarth from spilin '-- to sweeten and to season it.
The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 04, April, 1889 Various
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And de consanguinuity ob dis 'casion assuages me ob de fac' dat we'se only got our come-upance fo 'bein' so reckless.
On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake Roy Rockwood
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And that's what we'se goin 'to do -- come chillen.
The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 04, April, 1889 Various
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'You needn't preach no more; de Cunnul hab say we'm to whip ole Moye, and we'se gwine to do it, by
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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