yaup
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
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“I hope ye are yaup, for ye have a lang day’s wark before ye.”
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various
"I hope ye are yaup, for ye have a lang day's wark before ye."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
"Hold your yaup," cried another boy, standing by; "if you don't like your bet, Hen Billings, I'll take it off your hands."
From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by John Turvill Adams
"Look here, Dan Pepperill!" remarked Mr. Ropes, with grim significance, "you better shet your yaup, and be a bringin' that ar kittle!"
From Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
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