speshul

English

Etymology

Eye dialect spelling of special.

Adjective

speshul (comparative more speshul, superlative most speshul)

1. (nonstandard, dialect, sometimes humorous) special
   • 1991, Frank Harris, John F Gallagher, My Life and Loves:

     My brother works on the Telegraph; he's a compositor and he'd give me the first pull of any speshul stuff and I could bring it to you.

   • 2005, Lieutenant Edward Streeter, That's Me All Over Mable:

     Theyve put me on the speshul detail. The speshul detail, Mable, is a bunch of fellos what knows more than any one else in the camp.

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