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Contraction
I'se
- (nonstandard) Contraction of I is, meaning I am (or other senses of be).
- 1907, McClure's Magazine, Page 416,
- I jes' ‘mence tellin' ‘er all ‘bout ‘ow I'se comin' down de road, an' all ‘bout ole man where's
- 1966, “I'se the B'y”, by Dick Nolan
- I'se the b'y that builds the boat
- And I'se the b'y that sails her
- I'se the b'y that catches the fish
- And brings 'em home to Liza
- (nonstandard) Contraction meaning I have.
1887, Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, The Living Age, page 108:I'se sabed up quite a heap ; an' John mean to put it inter hosses an' a dray […]
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