Meaning of we-uns | Babel Free
ˈwiːənzDefinitions
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We. Appalachia, Midwestern-US, US
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Us. (Compare us'uns.) Appalachia, Midwestern-US, US
Examples
““We-uns hev all been a-gittin' married round hyar lately. Whar's that purty wife o' yourn?””
“‘We'uns was sittin under a tree over to the cannin factory just a little while ago, eatin our dinner, when this here stranger rode up.’”
“Then he come back to we-uns laughin'; sed the Yank offered him twenty dollars a month to go home to Maine with him, an' went on like a preacher […]”
“But Marshall Rutherford hain't no neighbour to we-uns. He hain't belongin' to Big Creek Gap. We hain't wantin' no more of Kennedy Poteet's stock in here, and we hain't aimin' to hev 'em.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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