sahn.
/sɑː/ U.S. colloquial and regional.
= sir n. II.
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1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 54 Sah (sa), Negro for sir.
1901 W. Churchill Crisis i. i. 5 ‘But, Ephum! Say, Ephum!’ ‘Yes sah.’
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