Meaning of daid | Babel Free

Definitions

Nonstandard spelling of dead.

alt-of, dialectal, nonstandard, not-comparable

Examples

“"I c-can't he'p myse'f," stammered Celia; "you say such frightful things to me—you tell me that they happen in my own house—in her own room—How can I be calm? How can I believe such things of—of Constance Berkley—of yo' daid mother——"”

“"I wish I wuz daid. 'Tain' nothin' but wuk, wuk from mawnin' tell night."”

“"Why, he's daid!" he exclaimed, poking the lion with the muzzle of his gun.”

“Ah, Mistah 'Possum, we got you at las'— Need n't play daid, laying dah on de groun'; Fros' an' de 'simmons has made you grow fas',— Won't he be fine when he's roasted up brown!”

“In de mawnin' w'en he go to milk de cow, sho'nuf dey wuz a hawg a-lyin' on its side, daid.”

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