Read full poem →cheeks “I’ll tell duh woild; some noive all right.
Aint much on looks but how dat baby ached.”
Dictionary Entry
(degree) To a given extent or degree.
In a Sentence
“"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner..."”
Origin
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Common Phrases
Synonyms
Poetry examples for “dat”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →'Bout de time dat night is fallin'
An' my daily wu'k is done,
Read full poem →Folks ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits;
Him dat giv' de squir'ls de bushtails made de bobtails fu' de rabbits.
Him dat built de gread big mountains hollered out de little valleys,
Read full poem →I will pause right hyeah to say,
Dat I 'm still a-preachin' ancient,
I ain't talkin' 'bout to-day.
Read full poem →WHO dat knockin' at de do'?
Why, Ike Johnson, -- yes, fu' sho!
Read full poem →Ae WAMUNAe LUD gteglvetast Vali lies lousy Poll tel ts, DAT,
Read full poem →Plenty of ’em git drunk, an’ I don’t keer nothin’
*bout dat ”? — this in a defiant tone.
Read full poem →“ You min’ me, Sistah Hannah, dere’s sump’n’
on dat gal’s min’.’” And Aunt Hannah an-
swered: ‘I believe you.”
Read full poem →What you been doin', suh -- makin' san' pies?
Look at dat bib -- you's es du'ty ez me.
Look at dat mouf -- dat's merlasses, I bet;
