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sirrah
[ sir-uh ]
noun
, Archaic.
- a term of address used to inferiors or children to express impatience, contempt, etc.
sirrah
/ ˈsɪrə /
noun
- archaic.a contemptuous term used in addressing a man or boy
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sirrah1
C16: probably variant of sire
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Example Sentences
I would have thee to understand, sirrah, that thou art fitter for the house they have chaired thee unto than for mine.
From Project Gutenberg
Go to, sirrah, I will not have your kindness to intermeddle with her kind; she is meat for your master.
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No, sir; here dwells none of your fine gentlewomen: 'twere a good deed, sirrah, to see who you are.
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Sirrah, you lie; here dwells nobody but I, that have dwelt here this one and forty years, and sold glasses.
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Sirrah, we shall have fine courting now my young master is come home, were you never courted Sister?
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