Meanings
- UKdialectalnot comparablepronunciation spellingslangPronunciation spelling of here.
“’Ere y'are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad. […]”
1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXIX, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC, page 2141 more example
Good winds blow through this ol' port. Right filthy as it is, dreams still come true ’ere
2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport
- UKdialectalnot comparablepronunciation spellingslangPronunciation spelling of there.
‘He’s a queer customer, the vun-eyed vun, sir,’ observed Mr. Weller, as he led the way. ‘He’s a-gammonin’ that ‘ere landlord, he is, sir, till he don’t rightly know wether he’s a-standing on the soles of his boots or the crown of his hat.’
1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC
- UKabbreviationcontractionslangContraction of look here, used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
’Ere, why don't we get some cigarettes?
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'ere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'ere
“'ere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'ere. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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