we-uns
pron/ˈwiːənz/UK
Etymology
From we + uns, a form of ones representing an older pronunciation of it.
Definitions
We.
- “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.’
Us. (Compare us'uns.)
- 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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for we-uns. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA