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▪ I. dat, conj., dem. pron., a. etc.|dat|
Repr. dial. (esp. Ir.), W.I., and U.S. Black pronunc. of that.
1688T. Wharton New Song, Ho, Brother Teague, dost hear de Decree, Lilli Burlero Bullena-la, Dat we shall have a new Debittie, Lilli Burlero Bullena-la. 1792H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. v. i. 74 Massa say, somebody say, dat de first man was de fite man; but you say, dat de first man was de black a-man. 1801in M. Johnson Amer. Advertising, 1800–1900 (1960), All dat goarse [sc. coarse] skin. 1880W. T. Dennison Orcadian Sketch-Bk. 3 He tankid de Lord for gaean' Charlie the kingdom an dat wus tankin him for what he niver deud. 1883[see cutting-up (a) s.v. cutting vbl. n. 9 e]. 1926N. N. Puckett in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 5/2 The Negro..also sings ‘I wouldn' marry dat yelluh Nigger gal.’ 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake 379 And be the seem talkin wharabahts hosetanzies, dat sure is sullibrated word! c1960L. Bennett in Ramchand & Gray West Indian Poetry (1972) 24 A job Dat suit her dignity. 1973Sunday Express (Trinidad & Tobago) 1 Apr. (Suppl.) 12/3 Stop dat ole talk.
▪ II. dat
obs. form of daut v., Sc. to fondle. |