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- verb US, dialect
dares .
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Examples
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Womanlike, she was hoping that he would "dast" and, with the true instinct of her sex, she chose unerringly the one way to bring about the realization of her hope.
Helen of the Old House Harold Bell Wright 1908
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I told you I didn't dast figger out how fat it was.
JUST MEAT 2010
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How dast our Unitary Executive not ram things through the Congress?
Think Progress » DOJ official reportedly clears torture architects John Yoo and Jay Bybee. 2010
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It was fool luck, only I had cold feet an 'didn't dast let it ride.
SHORTY DREAMS 2010
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If Obama followed the foolish advice here, by summer he would criticized for not acting dast enough.
Hoyer Says Don’t Expect Stimulus Package Soon - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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And you don't dast say that it isn't; now dast you?
Chapter XIX 2010
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How dast anyone question the authority of the establishment.
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The brutes just snarled at each other from a distance -- tapping at each other long-distance, you know, saying dast and dassent, dast and dassent.
Flush of Gold 2010
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"I want you so bad, Miss Mason, that I don't dast to ask you now," he said, with such whimsicality and earnestness as to make her throw her head back in a frank boyish laugh.
Chapter XVII 2010
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He don't dast strike a real blow with that left of his.
CHAPTER X 2010
asativum commented on the word dast
To dare to do; the opposite of dasn't. Can't remember where I've run across it though.
October 16, 2008
frogapplause commented on the word dast
In Persian, dast is the word for hand. (dast-e-chap/ left hand).
October 16, 2008
skipvia commented on the word dast
My first awareness of dast and dasn't in print was the L'il Abner comic strip, but it was used commonly in the South during my childhood.
October 16, 2008
bilby commented on the word dast
Been a big day on the Persian front, frogapplicator.
October 16, 2008
frogapplause commented on the word dast
I'm confused, bilby. Are you referring to the Persian-speaking fan who commented on my 10/15 strip?
October 16, 2008
bilby commented on the word dast
Mostly :-) And my two visitors and I decided we'd make an attempt at Persian cuisine for dinner on Saturday.
October 16, 2008
asativum commented on the word dast
Just remember when you're cooking, bilby: One man's Mede is another man's Persian.
October 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
Excellent, 'vum, excellent.
October 18, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word dast
I just saw this word in use for the first time today, in an excerpt from "The Death of a Salesman," which I haven't read yet.
October 18, 2008
reesetee commented on the word dast
Oh, read it! Or better yet, see it! Attention must be paid. :-)
October 18, 2008
asativum commented on the word dast
If you like that, 'ger, you can see the real punchline at shah, maybe eight months ago.
October 18, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word dast
I read it for class years and years ago, when I didn't pay attention to words like dast (and who knows if I even saw it). And I saw the movie around the same time too. And the one thing I remember is how depressing it is, so it didn't make me want to see it again.
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
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October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
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October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
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October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
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October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
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October 18, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word dast
Gangerh, you appear to have developed a stutter.
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
Appearances, dear bear, can be dasteptive. I just wished to debork your front page for you.
October 19, 2008
sionnach commented on the word dast
homoscedastic
October 20, 2008
sionnach commented on the word dast
dastardly
October 20, 2008
sionnach commented on the word dast
cadaster
October 20, 2008
sionnach commented on the word dast
clidastes
October 20, 2008
sionnach commented on the word dast
heteroscedasticity
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
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October 20, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word dast
By borking up this one?
October 20, 2008