"wos" meaning in English

See wos in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wos
  1. Eye dialect spelling of was. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: was
    Sense id: en-wos-en-verb-vZFgYTGI Categories (other): English eye dialect
  2. (Mid-Ulster) was
    Sense id: en-wos-en-verb-tjuZ9jg7 Categories (other): Mid-Ulster English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 10 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 3 4 11 7 28 0 3 8 28 4 4
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          "ref": "1876, Edward Everett Hale, “Phillip Nolan's Friends; or, 'Show Your Passports!'”, in Scribner's Monthly, volume XII, number 1, page 20:",
          "text": "She wos real good to 'em all, she wos, ma'am.",
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          "ref": "1983, William Forbes Marshall, John the Liar:",
          "text": "But there wos John, he had his two han's up,",
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Download raw JSONL data for wos meaning in English (1.2kB)

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