Meanings
sorr1
plural sorrs
- Irelandpronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of sir.
"A foine day it is, sorr," said our jarvey as we took our seats on the car.
1888, William Henry Hurlbert, Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)2 more examples
"'I tell ye, sorr,' he told him, tis of no use at all, thryin' ter reclaim ther castle.
1912, William Hope Hodgson, Carnacki, The Ghost FinderNo, sorr--yes, sorr," said Clancy hurriedly, and then more slowly, in neat adoption of the remarks he had just heard: "Leastways, sorr, I was just afther wondering if you had heard anything of this tale of a German Gineral lying out there on the ground beyanst." "
1916, Boyd Cable (Ernest Andrew Ewart), Action Front
SORR2
plural SORRs
- abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of sequence-of-returns risk.
Origin
Pronunciation spelling of sir.
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