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faw1
- alternativeAlternative form of faugh.
"It's a complicated thing, though, isn't it." "Faw!" Churchill said.
1972, John Gardner, The Sunlight Dialogues, page 361 more example
“If you'd carry a camera around your neck and walk fifty feet ahead of me, nobody would know we were together.” “Faw,” he said. “And tush.”
2013, John D. MacDonald, A Tan and Sandy Silence
faw2
- pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of for, chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the United States.
“[…] Now, Colossus, what air you a-beckonin′ at me faw?”
1907, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days, Gutenberg eBook #10234
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faw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/faw
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