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wos

  • plural
    of wo.
    wo
    noun
    an archaic spelling of woe.

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“Well, you see it wos me, and single-handed. Never a soul in it but my own self and Mr. Jaggers.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

"Ober, mein Gott, wos is der mer?" he roared.

From Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards

I never know’d what it wos all about.”

From Dickens As an Educator by James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes

I should do jist the same, if I wos in her place.

From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by W. Harrison Ainsworth

S'pose we wos to make a entry of everythin' we does.

From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by W. Harrison Ainsworth

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