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'ad

'ad verb: apheretic form of had.

Verb

’ad

  1. (UK, dialectal, slang) Apheretic form of had.
    • “’Ere y'are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad. A tosheroon [half a crown]^([sic]) for the coat, two ’ogs for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ’og for the cap and scarf. That's seven bob.”1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXIX, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC, pages 214–215

Questions about 'ad

What does 'ad mean?
'ad means apheretic form of had.
What part of speech is 'ad?
'ad is a verb.

Words near 'ad in the dictionary

  1. 'a'
  2. 'a'a
  3. 'a'ā
  4. 'abd
  5. 'abds
  6. 'ad
  7. 'air
  8. 'aircut
  9. 'aircuts
  10. 'akikiki
  11. 'akikikis

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