look ahere
English
Etymology
From look here, the second term from a- + here.
Interjection
- (idiomatic, dialectal) Synonym of look 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, page 212:
- 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.
- 1859 November, “The Season Ticket. No. VIII.–Our Neighbours and Distant Relations”, in Dublin University Magazine, volume LIV, number CCCXXIIL, page 602, column 1:
- Fact, I assure you—now jist look 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), in Madame Jane Junk and Joe, San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft and Company, page 41:
- “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), in Red Diamond, volume I, London: Chatto & Windus, page 62:
- “Look ahere, mister, we don't care one derned red cent for what we snakes out of this here lode. […] "
- 1935 March 8, “Dreams And Dresses-A Tale About A Cold And Black Lass And A Quest”, in The Gold and Black, volume XVII, number 21, Birmingham, page 3, column 3:
- To our little correspondent a store called New Williams said "Look ahere."