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fer1
- Southern USWest Countrydialectalespeciallypronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of for.
How ’bout we git upstairs fer a wash ’nd a tickle?
2016, Eric H. Heisner, chapter 3, in T. H. Elkman: A Western Novel, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN, page 123 more examples
“[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”
1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'ClockThis mornin’ she rails out at me fer dunkin’ my cooky and she says COFFEE IS FER SIPPIN’ AND NOT FER SAUCERIN’ . . .
1957 January 18, Sally, quoting a villager, “For Ladies Only …”, in Mt. Vernon Register-News, volume XXXVII, number 93, Mount Vernon, Ill., →OCLC, page 7, column 5‘Got summat fer yeh here – I mighta sat on it at some point, but it’ll taste all right.’
1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], “The Keeper of the Keys”, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN
FER2
- biologyA gene responsible for encoding proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase FER.
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