for prep JOYCE 29, DINNEEN mar 'for'; OED ~ 11 for to 'now arch or vulgar'; EDD 7.
   1 As a satisfactory member of (its class or kind).
   1968 DILLON 138 That's the smallest thing ever I see for a woman... Them tulips, they're no good for flowers... The last one we had, she was no good for a cow.
   2 Phr for to: in order to; for the purpose of.
   T 1-631 [The oxen] used to pull out their logs and stuff for to build their rooms. T 36/8-64 You were supposed to build your flakes, when you had the collar on; build your flakes, build your stage-heads, tar your roof, go in the woods and cut rines for to cover up your fish. T 31/2-64 You want a good memory for to mind all this kind o' stuff.

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