yar
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a variation of
yare.
yareadjectivequick; agile; lively.
Example Sentences
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George Bush--a man who will probably go down in history as the last President to know what yar means--was a comparative hep cat with his idiosyncratic zest for pork rinds and cigarette boats.
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State-supported colleges are so crowded that 50% of the qualified applicants have to be turned away each yar.
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With multitud yar folk confuſit were, That long in ſich wyß mycht thai nocht conteñ.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
“They haint been separate a half-an-hour for more ’n a yar, I reckin’.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
Hayar, you mighty chief from 'Rapahoe," shouted a voice, "do yer find this yar town so dead slow as yer did?
From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Burt L. Standish