we-all, pron. U.S. dial.
(ˈwiːɔːl)
[f. we pron. + all a.]
Used in place of we pron.
| 1875 ‘Mark Twain’ Let. 23 Nov. (1917) I. xv. 268 We-all send love to you-all. 1905 A. V. Culbertson Banjo Talks 25 Ter do lak we-all in de pas’. 1926 E. M. Roberts Time of Man vii. 266 His wife was young..and we-all made a jolly set. 1949 Chicago Tribune 27 Feb. vii. 6/6 Did we-all see Smokey hold? 1964 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Aug. 62/2 Soul brother, Negro; also referred to as..we-all,..the people. |
So ˈwe-all's, our; ours.
| 1887 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 475/1 O Lawd, 'lighten we-all's unnerstandin's. 1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities of Speech in Mississippi 67 ‘That house is we all's’ means that the house belongs to all of us. 1905 A. V. Culbertson Banjo Talks 160 Bin settin' yer..lak dis, So I be sut'n dat I doan' miss De train dat teck me back ter we-all's place. |