1982 Jiji Press Ticker Service (Nexis) 1 July A group of 10 Japanese audio equipment makers..has recently established a body to discuss the standardization of a digital audio tape deck (DAT).]

1982 Jiji Press Ticker Service (Nexis) 19 Oct. The company will display the new tape as digital audio tape (DAT).

1986 Times 3 Sept. 23/2 Dats will be a serious threat to the compact disc market.

1995 CMJ New Music Monthly Nov. 55/2 Mini-Disc is much better in many ways than DAT.

2006 J. Robertson Test. Gideon Mack (2007) xxix. 211 He came..armed with a compact but weighty DAT recorder, a microphone and a set of headphones.

1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. I^v I cannot tell, wat be de price of feeue and feeue, but tis tree crowne for one Peepin, dat is the preez if you take em.

a1652 R. Brome Damoiselle v. i. sig. F4^v in Five New Playes (1653) Dat is de gross english Douck, for de swagbuttock'd-wife of de Pesant.

1723 Coll. Old Ballads II. 222 I shee him in Ireland buying the Frieze And dat is the same St. Patrick bought.

1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia III. lxxxix. 231 ‘Dat is de Ting, by Gar,’ replied the Doctor, ‘ve do a de same Ting in de Review.’

1829 G. Griffin Collegians II. xxii. 160 ‘I never tought o' dat,’ said Danny... ‘Dat's a horse of anoder colour.’

1880 W. T. Dennison Orcadian Sketch-bk. 3 He tankid de Lord for gaean' Charlie the kingdom an dat wus tankin him for what he niver deud.

1883 J. A. Macon Uncle Gabe Tucker 162 De perlicemen nebber would 'a' let John de Baptis' do any sich cuttin'-up as dat.

1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 379 And be the seem talkin wharabahts hosetanzies, dat sure is sullibrated word!

1973 New Yorker 3 Feb. 56/2 We would schmoose all afternoon, with her talking in that funny, high Pennsylvania Dutch voice: ‘Dat's gute’, or ‘Dat's humbug’.

1991 Trinidad Guardian 20 Nov. 7 ‘What Boy! Dat is brakes!’ When the driver was given a bad drive and had to mash brakes suddenly.

a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) iv. ii. sig. I3 Dat boy, Dat's mine owne boy.

1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair i. ii If dat foole Chedreux make de peruque like me, I vil be hangd.

1736 Present State Republick Lett. 18 xxix. 461 Only the Natives, in common with their Kentish Neighbours, are used to pronounce the th, as a d... As for Example, How is dat Man dere? for who is that Man there?

1798 J. O'Keeffe Life's Vagaries (new ed.) v. iii, in Dramatic Wks. I. 98 Now Monsieur Thomas and dat villain Irish terrier may hunt her for deir own recreation.

1802 Thomas's Massachusetts Spy 27 Jan. 4/2 It hath a mosht vonterful effect in daking off all dat goarse [i.e. coarse] skin.

1856 Harper's Mag. Aug. 322/1 I ain't gwine to tell nuffin' more till dat old interruption goes away.

1926 N. N. Puckett in Opportunity Mar. 83/1 The Negro..also sings ‘I wouldn' marry dat yelluh Nigger gal.’

1973 Sunday Express (Trinidad & Tobago) 1 Apr. (Suppl.) 12/3 Stop dat ole talk.

1993 V. Headley Excess iv. 21 ‘So wait; dat fit brown girl who live by de church ah nuh your t'ing?!’ he asked eyebrows raised.

1828 Marly: Life of Planter viii. 137 After dat much long time, de corn on him puppa's estate hab not grown.

1886 E. S. Ellis Down Mississippi 233 Take it all—take it all! If you's dat hungry, I'll go widout supper an' breakfas'.

1896 R. M. Stuart Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets 94 Ef it comes soon, I gits my birfday presents dat much quicker.

1900 Shetland News 12 May A'm dat toughtfil 'at I canna sit to tak' a loop i' me haand.

1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind lix. 993 Miss Scarlett wuz callin' him a mudderer fer lettin' her try ter jump dat high.

1976 R. Bulter Shaela 40 Du cam dat closs.

1987 A. Uhry Driving Miss Daisy 34 Things changin', but they ain't change all dat much.

2005 D. Black They tell me of Home 287 I don't think I ever ran dat fast in my life.

1600 Weakest goeth to Wall sig. B4^v Well my lifekins, so ick must be you Wert, dat is you host.

1681 M. Fitz-Gerald True Discov. Irish Popish Plot (single sheet) I have but one ting more to beg of Your Majesty, dat is to send dese Gentlemens to their own Country.

1717 J. Gay Three Hours after Marriage ii. 41 Be dere any secret in the Hydrology, Zoology, Minerology, Hydraulicks, Acausticks, Pneumaticks, Logarithmatechny, dat you do want de Explanation of?

1748 Winter Evening's Conversat. 5 By Stock-jobbers he means dose dat be not able to comply vit dare Subscription.

1847 Graham's Mag. Jan. 61/1 I see'd a man, sir, dat was won'erful Jack Tier built like, sir.

1875 Scribner's Monthly June 240 I's like a word dat somebody done said, and den forgotten.

1922 E. O'Neill Hairy Ape (1923) vi. 62 I'll be fire—under de heap—fire dat never goes out—hot as hell.

1966 L. Bennett Jamaica Labrish 179 A job Dat suit her dignity.

2001 A. Wheatle East of Acre Lane 159 Him tell me somet'ing dat changed me life.

1645 Ruperts Potion 2 Mee have much knowledge dat you have much troublesome in your head, as de Vertego, and oder whims-sicke dieases.

1688 T. Wharton New Song (single sheet) Ho Brother Teague dost hear de Decree, Lilli Burlero Bullen a-la, Dat we shall have a new Debittie, Lilli Burlero Bullen a-la.

1742 Scots Mag. Mar. 129/1 Don't dey know dat I hold de strings dat move dem about on de stage?

1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. v. i. 74 Massa say, somebody say, dat de first man was de fite man; but you say, dat de first man was de black a-man.

1839 Spirit of Times 21 Dec. 495/2 I was fas asleep, and dreaming dat a big skeeter was a biten me.

1877 H. G. Murray Tom Kittle's Wake 18 You better mine dat you blink eye that you hab dere.

1904 Penny Cuts (Trinidad) 13 Aug. Me fuget fuh tell you dat dem gentlemans are practise every nite, dem music ah one comb an ah ole quatro.

1953 J. M. Brewer Word on Brazos 30 De Word tell us dat de man ain't been bawn what kin live 'bove sin.

1999 C. Creedon Passion Play xxii. 202 De best we can do is to turn on de siren and drive up around de Glen, let 'em know we're comin' like, give dat gang of gutties time to disperse, so dat de fire brigade can get in to do deir job in peace.