tudder

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tudder

  1. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Pronunciation spelling of the other.
    • 1822 July 16, The New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
      Berry well, ſpoſe tudder gemmen ees keel; wot do laus ſay then?
    • 1892 October 20, Joel Chandler Harris, “Plantation Fables.--XIII.”, in The Russellville Democrat, Russellville, Arkansas, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
      Well, de tudder 'oman she sot dar en talk en watch de neighbor 'woman mix up de dough for de bread, en dey run'd on des like wimmen folks does.
    • 1915 June 30, The Day Book, Chicago, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 1:
      I un'erstan', sah, dat you had a bad fall goin' hom fum de raffle tudder night. Fraction any bones, sah?

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