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- pronoun
Eye dialect spelling ofwhatever .
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Examples
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Listening very close, I caught the word "whateffer" several times; but all the rest was Gaelic, and might have been Greek and Hebrew for me.
The Ontario High School Reader A.E. Marty
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Listening very close, I caught the word, "whateffer," several times; but all the rest was Gaelic, and might have been Greek and Hebrew for me.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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Listening very close, I caught the word "whateffer" several times; but all the rest was Gaelic and might have been Greek and Hebrew for me.
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Perhaps I should note that I have not made the boatman say "whateffer," because he doesn't.
Angling Sketches Andrew Lang 1878
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Listening very close, I caught the word "whateffer" several times; but all the rest was Gaelic and might have been Greek and
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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“Oh, I should think whateffer happens, the roads will be much too bad to move in the night,” said Hamish.
Death of a Dentist Beaton, M. C. 1997
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"No. At least," remembering the officer's ancestry and that he was a Canadian Highlander, "not officially, whateffer."
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At a representative meeting of Welshmen Mr. Jones ap Jones moved that, as a protest against SHAKSPEARE'S treatment of _Fluellen_ and the Cymric vegetable symbol, _Henry V. _ "be no longer taught in Welsh schools or read at Jesus College, Oxford, whateffer."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 Various
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"Look you, whateffer, look you, whateffer," she began, meaning to have a little practice of the new words she had learnt.
The Mountain of Adventure Blyton, Enid 1949
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"Look you, whateffer!" she said, with her head on one side, and opened her beak to hiccup.
The Mountain of Adventure Blyton, Enid 1949
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