wo

[woh]Archaic.

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noun, plural wos, interjection

woe.

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Examples from the Web for wos

Historical Examples

If they wos made accordin' to our wishes, they would be easy paid.'
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens
And which it is to be took into account that if it wos, it wouldn't, even then, be all o' one side.
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
It wos rainin' pitchforks, as y'might say, and I raced on through the rain for an hour or so.
The Opal Serpent
Fergus Hume
W'en I wos a-lookin' at it at night, I sawr 'er a-lookin' at it, and she grabbed it.
The Opal Serpent
Fergus Hume
But there wos a brat all rags and dirty face and sauce as I was when you saw me fust.
The Opal Serpent
Fergus Hume

British Dictionary definitions for wos

wo

noun plural wos

an archaic spelling of woe

WO

abbreviation for

War Office
Warrant Officer
wireless operator

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wo

Examples from the Web for wos

Historical Examples

If they wos made accordin' to our wishes, they would be easy paid.'

And which it is to be took into account that if it wos, it wouldn't, even then, be all o' one side.

It wos rainin' pitchforks, as y'might say, and I raced on through the rain for an hour or so.

W'en I wos a-lookin' at it at night, I sawr 'er a-lookin' at it, and she grabbed it.

But there wos a brat all rags and dirty face and sauce as I was when you saw me fust.

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