used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
angrilyadverbUS /ˈæŋɡrəli/
with anger
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
any person at all
From this reading Hev ye heard anyone ever speak a good word fer me?"
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "An' what did she say?"
doggoned
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From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
at any time
From this reading Hev ye heard anyone ever speak a good word fer me?"
apart from; not including
From this reading "No one except--the schoolmarm."
fer
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From this reading Hev ye heard anyone ever speak a good word fer me?"
a young female
From this reading "She reckoned you must have thought the world of your own little girl."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Hev ye heard anyone ever speak a good word fer me?"
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "She reckoned you must have thought the world of your own little girl."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Hev ye heard anyone ever speak a good word fer me?"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
Hev
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From this reading Hev ye heard anyone ever speak a good word fer me?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "She reckoned you must have thought the world of your own little girl."
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "She reckoned you must have thought the world of your own little girl."
not any; not one
From this reading "No one except--the schoolmarm."
a brief written record
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "No one except--the schoolmarm."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "She reckoned you must have thought the world of your own little girl."
PapnounUS /pæp/
worthless or oversimplified ideas
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
petulancenounUS /ˈpetʃələns/
an irritable petulant feeling
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
purty
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From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
reckonedverbUS /ˈrekənd/
past form of “reckon” — expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "She reckoned you must have thought the world of your own little girl."
express in words
From this reading "An' what did she say?"
schoolmarmnoun
a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
From this reading "No one except--the schoolmarm."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "An' what did she say?"
express in speech
From this reading Hev ye heard anyone ever speak a good word fer me?"
Spooner
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From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "No one except--the schoolmarm."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "She reckoned you must have thought the world of your own little girl."
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "An' what did she say?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Hev ye heard anyone ever speak a good word fer me?"
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading "She reckoned you must have thought the world of your own little girl."
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "She reckoned you must have thought the world of your own little girl."
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading "Look ye here," he burst out, angrily, with a curious note of surprise and petulance in his voice, "you an' that brother o' yours know me, old Pap Spooner, purty doggoned well.
