sno* interrog [phonetics unavailable]. Cp J GARTON The Guest (1932), p.
42 's'no 'dost thou know' So; N ROGERS Wessex Dialect (1979), p. 24 sno 'dost
know' W. A contraction of 'Dost thou know?' (P 152-58).
T 14/7-64
'Snow, boy,' he said. 'I'll follow ye in!' T 141/65-652 Ron had a berth, snow,
with Fred Parsons one summer. T 178/80-65 Well now I don't hardly know where we was to,
but I can mind about that now you come to speak of it, snow. 1969 Trans Dev Assoc
ci, 187-8 Snaw. (An abbreviation of 'Dost thou know,' used at the beginning of an
utterance) [Nfld]. C 70-15 'He's goin' to sell some, he told me.' 'How much, 'sno?'
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