Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Wednesday's Word
Word: Go us (V.phrase
Definition: to sustain, to 'tide over'
Usage:
"That hay ought to go us through the winter."

Also, 'go me," "go you," etc.
Usage: "I got enough money to go me the rest of my life, provided I die tomorrow."

(Definition from: "How To Talk Yankee", by Gerald Lewis & Tim Sample, copyright 1979, 1986 by The Thorndike Press; copyright 1989 by the First North Country Press)

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