'chas

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

'ch- +‎ was

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔːz/

Contraction

'chas

  1. I was
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 26:
      Ich as (or 'chas) greatly blin.
      I was greatly mistaken.

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 30
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