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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n.1893- to turn a penny
- to turn a person footloose
- to turn a person on his or her ear
- to turn a person on the toe
- to turn a person out of commons
- to turn a person round one's finger
- to turn a person round one's little finger
- to turn a person the back
- to turn a person's blood to etc
- to turn a person's blood to gall
- to turn a person's blood to ice
- to turn a person's blood to poison
- to turn a person's blood to water
- to turn a person's brain
- to turn a person's head
- to turn a person's heart
- to turn a person's stomach
- to turn a profit
- to turn a sheet sides to middle
- to turn a sock
- to turn a sword flat
- to turn a text like a welshman's hose
- to turn a trick
- to turn a wheel
- to turn a word like a welshman's hose