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▪ I. yous|juːz| Also youse. Dial. varr. you pers. pron. (with pl. inflection, though used in sing. sense also). Cf. yez.
1893S. Crane Maggie i. 8 Youse kids makes me tired. Ibid. ii. 13 Ah, Jimmie, youse bin fightin' agin. 1901M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xxx. 256 Ye and Lizer can have a little fly round. It'll do yous good. 1907J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World iii. 63 Is it mad yous are? 1929Wodehouse Gentleman of Leisure xiv. 110 Say, youse won't want me any more, boss. 1930J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 102 Say, yous guys, this is fellowworker McCreary. 1939X. Herbert Capricornia xiii. 183, I want yous two back here at Black Adder. 1968S. L. Elliott in E. Hanger Three Austral. Plays ii. i. 74 Good luck to youse. 1975[see store n. 12 a]. 1981S. Rena Painless Death xx. 132 We've a telephone installed in the lounge since yesterday and none of yous even noticed it! ▪ II. yous, yoush dial. contractions of you shall: see shall A. 5.
1575Gammer Gurton i. v. B j, Yoush beare the blame. |