Guv
[gʌv]
Examples
- I seed a gal in one of 'em down Wappin' way as guv a song called, 'Tap me on the shoulder, Bill. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Drink put him in the hospital, guv'ner, and the hospital put him--in a glass-case, I HAVE heerd, Phil replies mysteriously. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Yer mind dat ar great chicken pie I made when we guv de dinner to General Knox? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Crawling, guv'ner, again a wall-- True, Phil--shouldering your way on-- In a night-cap! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Certainly and surely I do, guv'ner, is Phil's reply. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I don't know where they are, says Phil; but I see 'em, guv'ner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She must have been a fine old lady, guv'ner, Phil observes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No, guv'ner, no; not so bad as that. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Did she die at ninety, guv'ner? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No, guv'ner, returns Phil, shaking his head. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Phil, with a look at his master, hobbles up, saying, Here's the guv'ner, Mrs. Bagnet! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mischief, guv'ner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Good night, guv'ner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I hardly know what it was like, guv'ner, said Phil, considering. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typed by Audrey