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suh

/sʌ/

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What does suh mean?

noun

  1. Pronunciation spelling of sir, usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.

interjection

  1. Pronunciation spelling of sup (“what's up”).

proper noun

  1. A surname from Korean.
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"Well, suh, I 'low ef we des set heah fo' er fibe minutes, she'll sta't up by herse'f."
VariousThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial IssueProject Gutenberg ebook #206
"Yes, Suh. We can't grow nothin' heah without fe'tilizah. We got two hundred pounds fo' three dollahs last spring and planted it with the co'n."
Cyril G. (Cyril George) HopkinsThe Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real LifeProject Gutenberg ebook #4527