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- phrase obsolete, rare Contraction of
ye were .
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Examples
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As we says down y'ere in Devon, us masses knows what us likes and all we does is tell it like it is, which for most if us is exactly what we want to know.
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As we says down y'ere in Devon, us masses knows what us likes and all we does is tell it like it is, which for most if us is exactly what we want to know.
Amazon rankings 2007
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As we says down y'ere in Devon, us masses knows what us likes and all we does is tell it like it is, which for most if us is exactly what we want to know.
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(_Meanwhile has crossed to mantel and picked up hammer and chisel_) Look here, Marse Warren -- look y'ere!
The Ghost Breaker A Melodramatic Farce in Four Acts Charles Goddard 1915
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"I s'pose you mun have your way, sir; but Mr. Halifax said, 'Jem, you stop y'ere,' – and y'ere I stop."
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No, thank God! "Be us all y'ere?" said the man with the torch, holding it up so as to see round him.
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I'll tell ye for why, "-- here he bent forward and tapped his two middle fingers slowly on Helmsley's chest to give weight to his words --" Look y'ere! Supposin 'our Lord's body' ad been cremated, where would us all a 'bin?
The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Marie Corelli 1889
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"Ow long 'ave yer bin at this job that y'ere in such a hurry?"
The Roadmender Michael Fairless 1885
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E from F, and at last, discouraged with his repeated failures, explained, holding out an F, "dis y'ere stan 'sic-a-r-um."
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"He de baddes 'little gal from y'ere to n'Europe," said Bristol of his troublesome niece Venus; "ought to put him on a bar'l, an 'den he fall' sleep an 'fall down an' hut heself, an 'dat make him more sensibble."
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