"wuz" meaning in English

See wuz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /wəz/
Rhymes: -əz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wuz
  1. Eye dialect spelling of was. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: was

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          "text": "She wuz robbed!"
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          "ref": "1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 64",
          "text": "‘We wuz talkin’ and the monk got loose, and she sent me off to catch him.’",
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