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- interjection
yes madam
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Oh, yes'm, I'se well enough," the fat cook answered.
The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat Laura Lee Hope
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"Oh, yes'm, I know it, and I know where it is," replied the lad, and then he was off, his bare feet making no sound.
The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island Margaret Penrose
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Oh, yes'm, they was good to me -- just as good to me as they could be.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Work Projects Administration
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"No'm -- oh, yes'm, yes'm!" for there was something the matter.
Rebecca Mary Annie Hamilton Donnell
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"Oh yes'm, we'd love to come! and we'll bring our best things."
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But my mother was an eddicated woman, yes'm, she could both read and write.
Letters of a Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart
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Ah done wore mah white bridal dress an 'orange blossoms, yes'm.
Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Anonymous
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"Yes'm, yes'm, de hull house was jes 'crowded wiv de gifts."
Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Anonymous
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I 'member he and that general on the white hoss -- yes'm, General Lee, they eat dinner together and then after dinner they go to fightin'.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 Work Projects Administration
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"Oh yes'm," murmured Rebecca Mary, sadly, but she meant her soul and
Rebecca Mary Annie Hamilton Donnell
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