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- phrase US
yes ma’am - phrase Australia colloquial form of
yes .
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Examples
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"Well, yessum, dat's partly it," said the fat cook.
The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat Laura Lee Hope
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"Yessum," said Free Joe, cheerfully assenting to the proposition -- "yessum, dat's so, but me an 'my ole 'oman, we' uz raise tergeer, en dey aint bin many days w'en we 'uz' way fum one 'n'er like we is now."
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"Hum, yessum, it's sunny, but I've seen your home up town, and it's beyond the likes of me to see why you're down here at all, at all."
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887
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Total: 7 1 hour 44 minutes ago hehe aw cute. yessum, i wants moar dinosaurs too!
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May 11, 2008 at 11:39 am yessum she is BMD she’s so snuggley, I been playin wib heer all daee!
Cant sleep - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Oh, yessum, Greek costumes are just everyday duds to me. "
We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914
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