First recorded in 1910–15
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Yes, man cannot live on the back catalogue alone.
From The Guardian • Nov. 6, 2018
Yes, man bites dog might be interesting wherever it happens, but there's little reason to suppose that people in Sandwich are going to be excited by dog bites man in Keswick or Llandaff.
From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2011
And I, the former mystic, was thinking: Yes, man is stronger, greater than God.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
Yes, man; don't look at me in that way.
From Dona Perfecta by Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane)
"Yes, man give me something like sugar, and I sprinkle it on new powder for to surprise Master."
From Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
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