-yer

1. variant of -er after w: bowyer; lawyer; sawyer.

Example Sentences

And, addressing BBC Scotland anchor Kelly Cates, Robertson added: "I can't wait to get back down to Liverpool to have a red wine with yer da."

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“I beeg yer pardon!” the man said heatedly.

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Those three howlin’ sprogs’ll walk the plank, or I’m not yer captain!”

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That’s kind of unfair, because Scott has kept this particular cause going throughout the ensuing decades under the late Mark E. Smith’s much-quoted philosophy of, “If it’s me and yer granny on bongos, it’s The Fall,” since the band’s first self-titled release in 1983; in other words, even if Scott might be the only original member left, he’s still calling it The Waterboys no matter who else might or might not be around.

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“That has been very hurtful to our elders and to our veterans who sacrificed so much to get us here to this country after everything they did to help the U.S. during the Vietnam War,” said May yer Thao, president and CEO of the St. Paul, Minnesota-based Hmong American Partnership.

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