yessuh

English

Contraction

yessuh

  1. Pronunciation spelling of yessir, representing African-American Vernacular English.
    • 2013, Robert Ostertag, Cold Trail in the Bitterroots, page 64:
      Why yessuh I knows how to treat a mule too.

Usage notes

This spelling is most often used in response to a question or command, in written representations of the speech of African American slaves.

Anagrams

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