Example Sentences

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Soapy was drove at last to readin' a chapter, so 'e could make out 'e savvied something of it.'

From Between the Lines by Cable, Boyd

He begun to look at me, awful steady and sober, and he looked and he looked–like as if he hadn’t just savvied.

From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor

Did ye see th' grin on his leather face, when he savvied that?

From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.

I was young, but I savvied what it meant....

From Colorado Jim by Goodchild, George

"I haven't savvied the code out well enough yet to read this one."

From El Diablo by Groesbeck, Dan Sayre