wus

/ (wʌs) /


noun
  1. South Wales dialect a casual term of address: fancy a drink, wus?

Origin of wus

1
from Welsh was, variant of gwas servant

Words Nearby wus

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How to use wus in a sentence

  • An with that I laid down on the settee, an felt orful bad, an the more I tho't about it, the wus I felt.

  • Why, I see he got thar all right, so I didn't know as thar wus any drive.

    The Opened Shutters | Clara Louise Burnham
  • A fiddle wus never made to sing with, hit's all right fer dancin'.

    Watch Yourself Go By | Al. G. Field
  • He know it all bery well fo' de Yankee Pres'dent fo' to say he wus free.

    The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins
  • How wus I er gwine ter git ter dis eend epseps I had fafe in de button?

    The Broken Sword | Dennison Worthington