"true dat" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-true dat.ogg [Australia]
  1. (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of true that. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang Alternative form of: true that
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