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• yassuh — interjection A formal affirmative response, addressed to a man; yes. Ant: nosuh …   Wiktionary

• nosuh — interjection A formal negative response, addressed to a man; no. Ant: yassuh …   Wiktionary

• yes — 1. adverb /jɛs/ a) A word used to show agreement or acceptance. Yes, you are correct. b) A word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement. Yes, you may go play outside now. Syn: ay …   Wiktionary

• Legree, Massa —    A transferred name in The Middle Man, by David Chandler. A man says to a woman: ‘Don’t ever try to see my wife again.’ We are told that the woman to whom this was addressed ‘pretended to cower’. She then replies: ‘Yassuh, Massa Legree, Ah sho… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address