Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
suar .
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Examples
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Aw wonder ha it wor 'at he tuk things sooa quietly this nooin; aw dooant think it's reight when a chap's been work in' iver sin six o'clock ov a mornin 'for him to come hooam an' find noa dinner ready.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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Thah nivver sees nooa knock-kneed cutlers nah: nou, not sooa; they'n better mesters nah, an they'n better sooat a wark anole.
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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"Neea whaar sooa far south, Mrs. Wale, ma'am; but ma father was off times down thar cuttin 'peat."
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843
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By this means he V ways wrote a very fair hand; aad was so far advanced in arithmetick, that sooa jafter he went to the Unirersity he entered on ma - thematicks, under Dr. Saunderson, the blind pro - fessor.
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However, he was sooa at liberty $ for, as Rushworth writes, he joined Prince Rupert at Bridgnorth, with 1120 musketeers, before the fight between the Prince and Sir John Meldrum, at Newark, on March 21st, 1643.
Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical 1812
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He ap [) eared not to be able to perform his jour - ney, but after taking some refresh - ment be set oft 'on his return,. ra - ther lame, yet persevering, he sooa mended his pace, till he arrived aC the place ffom whence he started, two minutes less than the given time, where he dropped down wirU fatigue, and was taken home by his friends, unable to walk.
Sporting Magazine 1812
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