heer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of heer
1400–50; late Middle English ( Scots ) her ( e ), apparently to be identified with hair ( e ) hair
Example Sentences
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Some Yumans heer me speeking Yuman so gud they give me some Chiken, and I sit rite at there Table.
From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2017
And in time, so many werds came threw my ears and into my brane, that, if I thought upon them, cud understand Yuman prety gud, if I heer it!
From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2017
Tam Lin had marked the route with a red pen and added comments using his own creative spelling, such as Ratlesnakes heer and Saw bare under tree.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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Do ye think as I knows 'ow many people and dogs goes through this heer geatt in a day?
From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
"I'd ruther heer Mr. Thornton talk thetaway," he declared, crisply, "then ter hev him answer up heedless an' over-hasty."
From The Roof Tree by Conrey, Lee F.
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