'course

See also: course and coursé

English

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Adverb

'course (not comparable)

  1. Contraction of of course.
    • 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXIII, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 182:
      “Huck, have you ever told anybody about that?” “’Bout what?” “You know what.” “Oh—’course I haven’t.”
    • 2002, Jane Green, Bookends, trade paperback, published 2003, →ISBN, page 33:
      " […] she'd probably find something wrong with him too. Wouldn't you?" He looked at me.
      "'Course," I said, examining the picture before exclaiming very seriously, "His hair's too greasy."

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