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'scuse
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scuse
English
Alternative forms
en scuse
Etymology
en excuse.
Pronunciation
Verb:
en /skjuːz/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-'scuse.wav Southern England
en skews
Noun:
en /skjuːs/
en uːz uːs 1
Verb
en transitive colloquial excuse.
en 'Scuse me, when is the bus due?
Interjection
en colloquial excuse me.
en 'Scuse, can I come past?
Noun
en colloquial An excuse.
en 1875 New Dominion Monthly 37 Oh! she said we must get our 'scuses — the rule, you know.
Anagrams
en cessu secus
en heteronyms contractions