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- noun Plural form of
yeo .
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Examples
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Came in the captain's daughter, the captain of the yeos
The Boys of Wexford 1997
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I a bin here moor than an hoür; whaur tha yeos an lams an âll tha tuthermy sheep be now I dwon 'know.
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings
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I'd like to see the yeos or the sojers either that would fetch me out of the ould lord's kitchen.
The Northern Iron George A. Birmingham 1907
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I've seen the glint in her eyes at the sound o 'your name, and the red go out of her cheek at word of them dratted yeos, bad scran to them!
The Northern Iron George A. Birmingham 1907
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Whun I seed er last, she zed, "Ben, do ee mind tha sheeape, an tha yeos an lams, an than zumbody ool mine
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings
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"The old yeos looks terrible skinny, but the hoggets is fat yet.
My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin 1916
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