Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
stead .
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Examples
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"Don't y 'all wish it met ev'y day' stid 'er jes' meetin 'ev'y Monday?"
Miss Minerva and William Green Hill Frances Boyd Calhoun 1888
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These wild hawgs can eat them stid a my little youngen.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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I could make one cheaper, a little less handwork, hard maple stid a walnut, er mebbe I could find some walnut.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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A body ud think from all this carryen on that Wednesday he was goen acrost th waters stid uv jist fer his examination.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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Anyhow, I only had salt an 'pepper in de gun --' stid ob shot.
Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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Charley good an 'plenty stid of turnun' him out to dig fer himself.
Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden
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When dey comes out dey had three oberseers 'stid of one, an' de rules am stricter dan eber before; an 'den de marster goes off ter de war.
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Dey tuk better keer of deyselfs, et right, wuked hard, and went to bed at night 'stid of folks runs' round now; deir mammies and daddies never knows whar dey is.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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They jest oncorked an 'le' me run, an 'in my stid the sinner sent
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various
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First started by promisin 'him speritual benefits, but he soon see that wasn't no go, and he tried worldly persuasion; but no, sir, stid o' him comin 'down, Sonny started orderin' the rest of us christened thess the way he done about the vaccination.
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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