Citations:vedder

English citations of vedder

Conjunction: "eye dialect spelling of whether"

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• 1914 — Bertrand W. Sinclair, North of Fifty-Three, Chapter XXXIV:

  […] Und I dink der drouble iss largely dot der modern, high-bressure cifilization makes for der abnormal, vedder a man iss a millionaire or vorks in der brewery, contentment iss a state off der mind—und if der mind vorks mit logic it vill content find in der simple dings."

Noun: "eye dialect spelling of weather"

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• 1863 — R. M. Ballantyne, The Wild Man of the West, Chapter 8:

  "Mais, monsieur," interposed Gibault with a rueful countenance; "you speak de trooth; but though hims be dangereux an' ver' bad for drink oftin, yet ven it be cold vedder, it doo varm de cokils of de hart!"

• 1890 — William O. Stoddard, Crowded Out o' Crofield, or, The Boy Who Made His Way, Chapter XI:

  […] De finest vedder in all the vorlt is een America,—and dere ees more vedder of all kinds."

• 1903 — E. W. Hornung, No Hero, Chapter XII:

  "Yes, sare," said the concierge, "the season end suddenly mit the bad vedder at the beginning of the veek. […]