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Definition of 'was'

English

Verb

(head)
  • .
  • .
  • (proscribed|dialect) .
  • * 1913 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt
  • "Was you outside the Bank of England, sir?"
  • (colloquial)
  • * 2001 , Darrel Rachel, The Magnolias Still Bloom (page 104)
  • “What happened here, Hadley?” the chief asked. “We was robbed, damn it, we was robbed.”

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    See also

    (top2) * am * are * is * art * be * being * been (mid2) * beest * wast * were * wert * woz * wuz (bottom)

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    Similar to 'was'

    wees, ways, wuss, woks, wags, wigs, wis, waws, woes, wais, wogs, weys, wiss, whys, wyes, woos, wows, wks, wos, wus, whos, ws