sez

[ sez ]

/ sɛz /

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says (used to convey informality or a speaker’s lack of education): Hey, who sez I wanna go?

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

First recorded in 1840–45; a phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of says

Similarly, Obama now leads in California, New York, and Illinois by 20 or more, sez HuffPo pollster.
The Gallup Mystery and Other Matters|Michael Tomasky|October 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When I told dad, sez I, 'Dad, did ever yer hear sech a thing uz gittin' up afore light to feed stock?'
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
De Reb laughs an' sez, 'kin' o' you sir,' an' he waves goodbye ter de crowd an' dey carried him off a laughin' fit ter kill.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Various
He picks me out, but my gran'maw he sez dat he will leave case she am so old an' feeble.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Various

He look dem over an' he sez, 'Git off dese premises dis minute, yo' dad-limb sorry rascals, if us needs yo' we'll call yo'.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Various
Caroline sez ter lets take er drink an' so we does, an' terreckly I gits wobbly in de knees.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Various