Yus, to live in dirt, I feel is a `orrid degradation; but one thing I'd like to know, is it wus than living on it? 1892, Punch, or The London Charivari, from:
Wych Street? Yus, of course I knoo Wych Street. Used to go there with some of the boys -- when I was Covent Garden way. 1922, Edward J. O'Brien and John Cournos, compilers and editors, The Best British Short Stories of 1922
yus en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/jʊs/
Etymology
Russian юс (jus), from Old Church Slavonic ѫсъ (ǫsŭ, “big yus”)
Meanings
Either of two letters, little yus (Ѧ) and big yus (Ѫ), representing nasal vowel sounds in the Cyrillic alphabet. The only major Slavic language retaining these sounds is Polish, which is written in the Latin alphabet.
sh jus (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · sk jus (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · cu ѧсъ (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · de Jus (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · sl jus (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · mk јус (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · uk юс (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · be юс (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · ru юс (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · bg юс (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · pl jus (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · ro ius (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · cu ѫсъ (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · cs jus (name of the old Cyrillic letter) · sh јус (name of the old Cyrillic letter)