You-all
(used in direct address to two or more persons, or to one person who represents a family, organization, etc.):
you-all come back now, hear? tell your mother it’s time you-all came to visit us.
historical examples
ruth fielding at silver ranch alice b. emerson
desert dust edwin l. sabin
emerson’s wife and other western stories florence finch kelly
sunlight patch credo fitch harris
gabriel tolliver joel chandler harris
rimrock trail j. allan dunn
the ghost breaker charles g-ddard
excuse me! rupert hughes
polly and her friends abroad lillian elizabeth roy
excuse me! rupert hughes
pr-noun
a us, esp southern, word for you, used esp when addressing more than one person
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- You-can-say-that-again
you can say that again also, you said it. i totally agree with what you said, as in what a relief that brian didn’t get hurt.—you can say that again! or this is a huge house.—you said it. [ ; first half of 1900s ]
- You-can-t-fight-city-hall
you can’t fight city hall
- You-can-t-get-there-from-here
you can’t get there from here