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Meaning: (idiomatic,dialectal)Synonym oflook here.[from 19th c.]1857, “The Drunkard's Wife; or Maine Law Defended”, in D. T. Stiles, editor,The Orator, volume I, Buffalo: T. S. Hawks, Act III, Scene II,page212:Oh, Prudence!look ahere. A breast-pin, in imitation of California, number one. The set is a glass diamond, found near the fiery mouth of Popocatepel.1859November, “The Season Ticket. No. VIII.–Our Neighbours and Distant Relations”, inDublin University Magazine, volume LIV, number CCCXXIIL,page602, column 1:Fact, I assure you—now jistlook ahere. Senator is a far bigger man than I be anywhere, he has more larnin, more sense, and the gift of speech of ten women’s tongues, reduced and simmered down to an essence ; talks like a book: we call him a ‘big bug’ to home.1876, Oraquill, “A Significant Dream–Lessons to City Officials” (chapter V), inMadame Jane Junk and Joe, San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft and Company,page41:“Look ahere, boy; you can stay just twenty minutes. The doctor thinks this feller's shamming just to get up sympathy when his trial comes off.”1893, Justin McCarthy, “A Strange Story” (chapter III), inRed Diamond, volume I, London:Chatto & Windus,page62:“Look ahere, mister, we don't care one derned red cent for what we snakes out of this here lode.[…]"1935March 8, “Dreams And Dresses-A Tale About A Cold And Black Lass And A Quest”, inThe Gold and Black, volume XVII, number21, Birmingham,page 3, column 3:To our little correspondent a store called New Williams said "Look ahere."
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