hyar

adv, verb — 2 senses

hyar

adv
1

Dialectal here

  • Who CALL me? Listen down de ribber, Dinah! Don’t you hyar Somebody holl’in’ “Hoo, Jim, hoo?” My Sarah died las’ y’ar; IS dat black angel done come back to call ole Jim f’om hyar?1875, Sidney Lanier, The Power of Prayer:

hyar

verb
1

Dialectal hear

  • Who CALL me? Listen down de ribber, Dinah! Don’t you hyar Somebody holl’in’ “Hoo, Jim, hoo?” My Sarah died las’ y’ar; IS dat black angel done come back to call ole Jim f’om hyar?1875, Sidney Lanier, The Power of Prayer:

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