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you-all

American  
[yoo-awl, yawl, yoo-awl] / yuˈɔl, yɔl, ˈyuˌɔl /

pronoun

Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.

  1. you (used in direct address to two or more people).

    You-all come back now, hear?

    Tell your mother it's time you-all came to visit us.
you-all British  

pronoun

  1. a US, esp Southern, word for you, used esp when addressing more than one person

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Usage

See you, y'all.

Etymology

Origin of you-all

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; you ( def. ) + all ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Lovick P. Thomas New Orleans State of Mind Don't you-all know the South is not a location but a state of mind.

From Time Magazine Archive

Together, Fields and Crosby add certain novel elements to Mississippi's "you-all," hoop skirt & julep plot as taken from a Booth Tarkington play.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I'll have to tell you-all good-by," he concluded.

From Time Magazine Archive

Boss man, when's you-all gonna get those fellows away?''

From Time Magazine Archive

“Don’t you-all go to that saloon,” the boy called.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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