-a en · X · etymology 7
Pronunciation
- /ə/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Contraction of of.
Meanings
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(clitic, form-of, morpheme, slang) Clitic form of o' (contraction of of).
form of o'
buncha, cuppa, kinda, loadsa, lotta, sorta
"Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."
1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, page 31: