Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal form of
ask .
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Examples
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He began to "awsk" questions and to fill out a blank.
A Yankee in the Trenches Robert Derby Holmes
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Jim on my right also did not know, but suggested that I "awsk" the Sergeant.
Over the Top Arthur Guy Empey 1923
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Indeed, the idea of Mrs. Fox-Moore having come to 'awsk' this person for a vote was sufficiently quaint.
The Convert 1907
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Indeed, the idea of Mrs. Fox-Moore having come to 'awsk' this person for a vote was sufficiently quaint.
The Convert Elizabeth Robins 1907
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Mebbeh I shud charg … *goes to awsk chark lolyer in otha thred*
invisible frozen pole - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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'Better go' ome and awsk yer wife to wash yer fice, 'he advised.
The Convert 1907
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'Better go' ome and awsk yer wife to wash yer fice, 'he advised.
The Convert Elizabeth Robins 1907
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'Aw right,' says Conly, 'awsk him to cam in eah to me.'
The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage George Bernard Shaw 1903
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"Hi thought Hi'd awsk you about it, sir, Mr. Wright not being at 'ome."
The Man Next Door Emerson Hough 1890
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"Why didn't you awsk Miss Wright?" says I. "Hi didn't wish to alarm her, possibly."
The Man Next Door Emerson Hough 1890
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