woz

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See also: Woz, woź, wóź, wóz, and wōz

English

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Etymology

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From was, wuz.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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woz

  1. Eye dialect spelling of was.
    • 1893, Bret Harte, Susy: A Story of the Plains:
      "You woz saying," said the farmer, with slow, matter of fact, New England deliberation, "ez how you guessed you woz beguiled amongst the Injins by your Mexican partner, a pow'ful influential man, and yet you woz the only one escaped the gen'ral slarterin'.
    • 1894, George Egerton, Discords[1], page 120:
      'If she woz mine' - tapping a brick - 'I'd bash 'er 'ed in!'
    • 2002, Christopher Brookmyre, Country of the Blind[2], →ISBN, page 343:
      We woz robbed, Brian.

Quotations

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Derived terms

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French rose (pink).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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woz

  1. pink

Lower Sorbian

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Noun

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woz m inan (diminutive wozyk)

  1. Superseded spelling of wóz.

Declension

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Verb

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woz

  1. Superseded spelling of wóz.