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- determiner
that - conjunction
that - pronoun
that - adverb
that
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Examples
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Fort Wurf iz rite smak dab in teh middul ov Texus, dat reel big state abowt 1/2 way betweenz teh pasifik oshun an teh Lantik Oshun….an awl teh wayz at teh bottum ov teh cowntri…..dat iz ina sowff direkchun.
Ur nose - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"I know dat," said Candace; "but as nigh as I could judge in my dream," she added, sinking her voice and looking mysterious, "as nigh as I can judge, _dat boy's soul was in his body! _"
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various
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Treasury, which is morbidly anxious lest in its transactions _bis dat qui cito dat_ should be literally illustrated.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 14, 1917 Various
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If the adage of _Bis dat qui cito dat_, be true, it is no less certain that he who denies at once, at length gives us something, for he gives us time.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827 Various
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"Dunno, Miss; somehow we hear de Yankees was our friends, an 'dat we'd be free when dey come, an' 'pears like we believe _dat_."
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Any cow dat kin walk in so 'umble, after all de res' git done, an 'pick up a little scrap o' leavin's out'n de trough de way she do -- an 'turn it eve'y bit into good yaller butter -- _dat what I calls a cow!
Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886
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"Yes -- dat de way he do -- he move arm like _dat_," said Bippo; "we hurry to go to him, den he ain't here -- but _dere_."
The Land of Mystery Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878
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"Well, if you was to take dat on your shoulders an 'pitch' im into de sea, _dat_ wouldn't sabe her."
The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story Arthur Twidle 1859
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Z.E. R. "_Bis dat qui cito dat_" (Vol. vi., p. 376.).
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"Queen Elizabeth," says the same author, "was dilatory enough in suits of her own nature; and the lord treasurer Burleigh, being a wise man, and willing therein to feed her humor, would say to her; 'Madam, you do well to let suitors stay; for I shall tell you, _Bis dat qui cito dat_; if you grant them speedily, they will come again the sooner.'"
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822
granny commented on the word dat
as in, "Dat sombitch gave me down the road."
April 2, 2007
missanthropist commented on the word dat
i.e.
Ineeda Dat!
July 3, 2008