knowed

[ nohd ]

/ noʊd /

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verb Nonstandard.

a simple past tense and past participle of know¹.

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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How to use knowed in a sentence

I knowed, a-course, that I could go kick up a fuss when Simpson stopped by his office on his trip back from Goldstone.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
I dunno's I'd know when t' jar loose m'self, if I knowed her an' she didn't object t' me hangin' around.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The way them boys was tellin' about the teachers they had knowed made me feel for your life when I seen you come in.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
I sit down on a trunk (it had a tidy over it, but I knowed it was a trunk all right), and Macie, she sit down byside me.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates

There's lots of women around here that can ride, but I never knowed before that the clothes counted so much.
Mystery Ranch|Arthur Chapman