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Word: yers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...flatly predicted a Conservative victory at the national polls next year. Nevertheless, both sides realized that less than two-fifths of Britain's electorate had voted, that local contests do not necessarily forecast the country's attitude in a national election. Said a railway worker in Streatham: "Yer can't judge by local elections. They vote against you if they don't like yer face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Wakie, Wakie! | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

...fence: "They say genius is akin to madness, don't they?" But it was a redfaced Wakefield cab driver, Tom Pickering, who came closest to the Yorkshire concensus. "It's a different kind of trade," he cheerfully concluded. "Can't expect t'understand it if yer know nauwt about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Yorkshire Pudding | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...matter wevver they knows or not?" queried a blood-stained London butcher. "If yer finds yer 'usband squeamish, don't tell 'im, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Tamed to the Palate | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

...spend yer life at the-kitchen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musicals in Manhattan, Sep. 27, 1948 | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

...yer carcass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musicals in Manhattan, Sep. 27, 1948 | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

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