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- phrase nonstandard Shortened form of
you see (meaning you comprehend).
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Examples
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The factry owner 'adn't' eard about the Stamp before that, y'see, so feeding the machine was gettin 'kinda spensive for' im, findin 'new kids every week or two.
A Scruffian Christmas Hal Duncan 2009
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It's just different when it's other countries, continents, colours and ethnicities, y'see.
Too many of us treat young white women as trash | Barbara Ellen 2011
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Now, y'see, I don't really watch much TV either, but my girlfriend has been attempting to get me into some stuff of late.
MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 2) 2009
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You just can't use the gift card to make an order, they're only good at Amazon y'see.
A NEW DRAWING! Shameless Promotion for The Devil You Know! p_n_elrod 2009
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And if they do make it an option along with private insurance (y'see, "option" means it's voluntary -- you get to choose) and the public option is better, well, who cares if it makes the private insurers nervous?
Too Good 2009
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Well, y'see, I was baking cookies, and I thought I'd see what would happen if I mixed a little bit with some milk.
What WOULD Tiananmen Tank Man Do? fantasyecho 2008
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Also, it's my spouse's birthday and I shouldn't be saying "Sorry, hon, no-can-do on that celebration thing ... this book, y'see?"
April 6th, 2008 wheatland_press 2008
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Jimmy Stewart: I'm glad--glad--glad to HEAR that, y'see, good poetry is about DESTRUCTION.
AS SEEN ON TV: JIMMY STEWART Toby O'B 2010
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Can't really, uh, can't really sell you anything without them, y'see.
Vic's 2010
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It's a sandwich coming up for air, I presume. piece being Scots dialect-ish for sandwich, y'see...
It's BSNYC! It's Friday! It's Fun! It's a Qüiz! (Now with gratuitous umlaut.) BikeSnobNYC 2010
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