sustah

English

Noun

sustah (plural sustahs)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of sister.
    • 1962, “Evidence”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, page 48:
      Whazza mattuh, yo have a big fight with yo brudder-n-sustah?
    • 1994, Najeeba Jaja, Riper the Berry, Sweeter…: Nine Keys to Greater Success‎, page 122:
      An advocate of polygamy said, “Sustah, want for ya sustah what ya want for yourself. The sustah’s response was, “Yeah, I want my sustah to have her own husband; not mine.”
    • 2021, Damus Amazulu Kenjyatta, The Foggy Bottom Storytellers at the Port of Poets‎:
      Four-year-old Wealthy had, since birth, been called and known as Sustah (sister).

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