Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete or dialectal (Scotch) form of
who .
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- interjection
Eye dialect spelling ofwhat .
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Examples
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So anyway, the phone rang, Pam picked up the phone, and the way she said hello and then she said "wha" -- like that.
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So anyway, the phone rang, Pam picked up the phone, and the way she said hello and then she said "wha" -- like that.
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Aren’t ye a cute lil turtle … aye ye are aye ye … wha is tha ye have there?
Thanks, Photoshop!: Real-Life Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 2010
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All this talk about smokin '.... kno'wha'Im'sayin?!
Phelps and Obama-- leading the way Towards legalizing Marijuana. 2009
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For all its 'wha's like us' keech, Scotland was actually a country that liked to think it had been spared extremes.
Be My Enemy Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2004
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Smith: "... what 'wha' ... yeah can you tell me what the award was."
FallNews 1998
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The wargs are no so common that I e'er heard talk o 'wha' happens when one falls ill ...
Three Hearts and Three Lions Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1953
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Dat how I ge 'wha' little bit uv money I hab dese day en time.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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Den Miss Susan'ud send in de woods en ge 'wha' it say mix up fa de remedy en make de me'icine right dere to de big house.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration
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An 'wha' make Miss Babylam 'cry hussef sick when she's gwine away ter be a fine lady?
Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet Olive Tilford Dargan 1918
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