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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