wus

/ (wʌs) /

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noun

South Wales dialect a casual term of addressfancy a drink, wus?

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Word Origin for wus

from Welsh was, variant of gwas servant

Words nearby wus

wurst, Württemberg, wurtzilite, wurtzite, Würzburg, wus, wu shu, wuss, wussy, Wutai Shan, wuther

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How to use wus in a sentence

An with that I laid down on the settee, an felt orful bad, an the more I tho't about it, the wus I felt.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Why, I see he got thar all right, so I didn't know as thar wus any drive.
The Opened Shutters|Clara Louise Burnham
A fiddle wus never made to sing with, hit's all right fer dancin'.
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field
He know it all bery well fo' de Yankee Pres'dent fo' to say he wus free.
The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins

How wus I er gwine ter git ter dis eend epseps I had fafe in de button?
The Broken Sword|Dennison Worthington