单词 | yerse |
释义 | yerseadv. colloquial and regional. In representations of speech: yes. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [adverb] > expression of assent yesOE yeaOE soa1400 toa1525 very well1529 yus1775 yerse1862 yeah1863 yeh1868 orright1874 yep1883 yup1887 ayuh1894 yairs1896 yayus1900 yip1906 too right1919 quite1924 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 115 Soa they said ‘yers’ an' began o' trotting off, an nivver spak a word till they gat hoam. 1871 ‘M. Legrand’ Cambr. Freshman ix. 160 ‘Yerse..we har had them, as you s——’ Before he had finished his sentence, the gyp observed that Mr. Pokyr was pointing imperatively in the direction of the door. 1921 M. F. H. B. Dowdall Three Loving Ladies xv. 196 ‘Yers,’ her husband answered deprecatingly over the top of his pince-nez. ‘Yers—yers—very foolish of her.’ 1965 J. Porter Dover Two vi. 69 Yerse, we was. Only they nabbed us first. 1980 P. G. Winslow Counsellor Heart v. 80 ‘A plant?’..‘Yerse.’ She described the plant. 1993 E. J. Howard Confusion iii. 335 ‘It was always a staggering success.’ ‘Really?’ ‘Really. Oh, yers!’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1862 |
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