she pro DBE 1 [a stressed object]; AND 2 'in names of plants';
see note at WE.
1 P 319-88 She [a clock] was goin' on. I
let her go on anyway.
2 1858 [LOWELL] i, 118 'Missis
Frank says I'm wantun up at Riverhead, she thinks, and 'ee'll [you will] plase take this
pitcher up to she.' T 251-66 Now Jack was there; she knowed Jack. Jack didn't
know she. T 1827-75 Well she grabbed the coat from un and hove un around she and he
again and wished they was back in town. ibid So he grabbed the marble stick out of her
hand, made a wheel or two...and struck her and knocked she into a marble. 1987 KING (ed)
129 "Grandma's Lullaby": One day Bill Samson said to she,/ 'Oi'm livin all alone,/'Oi'd
be some proud to offer you,/'A dwelling of your own.'
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