Yo
[jəʊ] or [jo]
Definition
interj. expressive of effort &c.—Yo-ho in order to call attention.
Typed by Emile
Examples
- But when they came to the town into Frances Street, the girl stopped a minute, and said, 'Yo'll not forget yo're to come and see us. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I'm a poor black feckless sheep--childer may clem for aught I can do, unless, parson, yo'd help me? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Ask him to give yo' a bumper to the success of his orders. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Yo'll ca' me traitor and that—yo I mean t' say,' addressing Slackbridge, 'but 'tis easier to ca' than mak' out. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Set a bulldog on hind legs, and dress him up in coat and breeches, and yo'n just getten John Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Yo're a stranger and a foreigner, and aren't likely to know their ways; but I knowed it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I'll not mistrust yo' no more. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And, I'll tell him ye won't let the women come to the mills, yo old nigger! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I know weel that if I was a lyin parisht i' th' road, yo'd feel it right to pass me by, as a forrenner and stranger. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Yo' may be kind hearts, each separate; but once banded together, yo've no more pity for a man than a wild hunger-maddened wolf. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- When that won't do, they ha' gowd an' other cash, an' they can say This for yo' an' that for me, an' they can go their separate ways. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But it must be nice to go dressed as yo' do. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- So, yo' see, it was yo'! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It were only for to humour the measter, I let on as if I thought yo'd mappen leave Milton without seeing me. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Guess yo' how he died? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Yo jes keep to yo own row. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Will yo tak' a message to him? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I telled her she weren't to meddle again in aught that concerned yo'. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Yo've been true to yo'r order, and I'll be true to mine. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I can nobbut say, Bless yo'! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Yo git off your horse, young measter, and I'll have a round wi' ye, I wull. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Yo daredn't come on wi'out your hoss an' whip. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But I wish she could ha' lived wi' yo', for all that. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Are yo' sure he's dead? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I wish yo' a very good night, and many thanks to yo'. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The dead stand between yo and every angry word o' mine. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She used to say yo' were the prettiest thing she'd ever clapped eyes on. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I ha' coom to ask yo, sir, how I am to be ridded o' this woman. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- And I came to see yo', and tell yo' how grieved I were, but them women in th' kitchen wouldn't tell yo' I were there. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And,' opening her eyes, and looking earnestly at Margaret, 'I believe, perhaps, more than yo' do o' what's to come. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Typed by Emile