c'we

alternative kwee

1. USabbreviationchildishcontractionContraction of can + we.

   "Ma," one of the children whined. "Hey, Ma, c'we go home now?"

   1976, Richard Yates, The Easter Parade, page 194

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   I swing her up in my arms and back to the house. As I take her inside, she asks, “C’we go hunting again tomorrow?”

   2008, Bill Heavey, If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?: Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia, page 236

   "Oh, Daddy," Janet whines, but then instead of complaining, she turns eagerly to me. "C'we play underwater tag, Chessie? Can we, can we, can we?"

   2010, Kermit Moyer, The Chester Chronicles, page 70