yous

pron, det — 3 senses

yous

pron

UK /juːz/ · /iːz/

Etymology From you + -s (plural suffix).

1

Dialectal, In plural You.

  • What are yous up to tonight?
  • "How could anyone get hurted so simple as that? I'd be the last in the world to speak of such a thing in that case! But if yous are afraid of doing it..."1915, Charles L Graves, Humours of Irish life, page 255:
  • ‘Dere ain't no use for me dis side, Mr. Chames,’ he said. ‘New York's de spot. Youse don't want none of me, now you're married.’1909, PG Wodehouse, The Gem Collector:
  • ‘Yous will meet us here outside this pub,’ Harry Curniskey said.1938, Patrick Kavanagh, The Green Fool:
3 more examples
  • ‘But what I also seen is that youse have never had a real man before, datin' all them boys. Youse have never had anyone who'd stand up to youse.’1988, Kathy Lette, Girls' Night Out:
  • You think yous can live wi'oot money! Few months doon this hell, you'll murder for money!1992, Edward Bond, In the Company of Men:
  • He tossed off half of the drink and I gave him a refill. "What can I do for youse?" "First off, information."2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 81:
Synonyms
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yous

det

Etymology From you + -s (plural suffix).

1

Dialectal The group spoken or written to.

  • What are yous kids doin?
  • "Go and find out who did it, before you come blaming me for it." "It's only youse crowd wot comes makin' a pigsty of the place," said Melons conclusively.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 20:
1 more example
  • “Heh, yous kids want a game?” “Dunno, suppose so.” “Dar and I versus yous; that's fair.” “Short kicks Ern, we hang on to the ball and let them do the chasing.” “You watch me take the marks Dar; them blokes won't know what hit them.”2015 June 1, Geoffrey Hope Gibson, Matriarch: An Australian Novel of Love and Wa, Loving Healing Press, →ISBN, page 68:

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