Meanings
- pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of let's go.
“Lessgo over by the fakry an see if they’re playngame.”
1913, Frederick Houk Law, Mastery of Speech, a Course in Eight Parts on General Speech, Business Talking and Public Speaking, What to Say and How to Say It under All Conditions, page 505 more examples
“No, suh, that four-moon business settles me! It’s just one thing more’n I can stand! Come, M’lishy, less go!”
1891 December 3, ““Come, M’lishy, Come!””, in Humboldt County Republican, volume III, number 33, Humboldt, Iowa“Aincha hungry?” “Yeh.” “So my. Less go neet.” “Where?”
1903 September 14, “Gum Chewers Bruising English”, in The Sun, volume VII, number 259, Chanute, Kan., page 4“Y’all through?” “Yeah.” “So’m I.” “Lessgo.”
1915 January 20, The Daily Times, volume XXIX, number 30, Davenport, Iowa, page 3So now I think I will hie me to some little nickle lunch and get something to eat. Whaddya say? Awright, lessgo.
1917 August 7, “Mr. S. Treet Walker Has a Grouch”, in The Daily Hammer, volume 85, number 1“This boy Victor’s going to show us where.” “Well lessgo, lessgo!”
1957, New Directions in Prose and Poetry, page 93
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