"us'uns" meaning in English

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Pronoun

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  1. (dialectal) Us. (Compare we-uns.) Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-us'uns-en-pron-6bm9-pAl Categories (other): English pronouns

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          "text": "Henry sobbed. “Ah bet she really wants ta go ta town too, but won't cuz o us'uns. She thanks we's too little ta go ta town fer tha day.” “Yeah, meybe we'uns should tell her she needs ta get ta town too. She might miss getting what's she needs.\"",
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          "ref": "2012, Eulie Rier Cienfuegos, At Tildy's Thrift, WestBow Press, page 85",
          "text": "The Cherokee used to be in our area, and more than a few of us'uns done got some of the blood. There's cherry bark tea, black strap molasses, sassafras, pawpaw, a pinch of sulfur, an' a little tetch of turpentine in it.",
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