dade
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Example Sentences
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Us dunnaw wur er's tu; er's dade, I reckon.
From The Splendid Folly by Margaret Pedler
"Dey's fightin' all 'long dere—I come nigh gittin' hit myself—he gimme ten cents to come tell yer—maybe he's done dade now," he added, cheerfully, as we gained the street, and began to walk.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 6 by Various
"Be the doctah dade, maw?" he asked, in an awed whisper.
From The Mountain Girl by Payne Erskine
Fetchin' er ole dade sunflower in ter show me when I'm doin' my bes' ter git this blessèd sugar-plum pie to sleep so's I ken git to my mendin'.
From When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood by Marion Harland
The vowel O is used for a, as hond, dorke, lorke, hort, in hand, dark, lark, heart, &c., and other syllables are lengthened, as voote, bade, dade, for foot, bed, dead.
From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by James Jennings
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