suh
(sʌ)
chiefly U.S. Southern and Black pronunc. of sir n. Cf. sah.
| 1894 Kipling Day's Work (1898) 50 Most of your prominent siahs, suh, are impo'ted from Kentucky. 1901 W. Churchill Crisis i. iv. 38 ‘T'ank you, Mistah Cantah,’ wailed the poor woman, ‘t'ank you, suh... De Lawd Jesus'll rewa'd you, suh.’ 1911 [see hide v.1 2 c]. 1929 W. Faulkner Sartoris ii. 117 ‘Come on here and get in,’ he commanded. ‘Naw, suh. I'll walk.’ 1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood iii. ii. 252 Cutting facts dead unless they wear the old school tie! ‘Don't know you, suh.’ 1971 Black Scholar Sept. 38/2 ‘Yes suh, officer,’ she replied. |