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Word: dunno (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...architect, native of Charleston, S. C., gave an accurate imitation of Gullah (early Negro) dialect: "Once deh bin ah nyung rat wat couldn't muk up eh mine. Whenebber duh turrah rat ax um ef e would like tuh come oudt widdum, e would muk ansuh, 'I dunno...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Harrse, Hoss, Hawse | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

...States, the buffalo-horned, the wild Mustangs with coats the color of crude gold. . . . And must they wait like spayed mares in the rain, While Carolina and Connecticut Fight an old quarrel out before a ghost? . . . And from the mountains, came reluctant stragglers wondering just who their enemies were: "Dunno's I rightly know just who they air," He admitted finally, "But 'tain't the British. It's some trash-lot of furriners, that's shore. They call 'em Yankees near as I can make it. ..." but he was content that his neighbors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Narrative Poetry | 8/6/1928 | See Source »

...Sophomore said, "I dunno...

Author: By R. L. W., | Title: THE CRIME | 1/25/1927 | See Source »

...answered: "Well, I dunno, guv'nor; perhaps it was another Charles Lamb." He was not in the least perturbed about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JOTS AND TITLES | 12/14/1923 | See Source »

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