knew

Etymology

verb

  1. simple past of know
  2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of know
    I'll say I've knew this some time and tried to stop it—it was my business to stop it. 1916, Emerson Hough, The Man Next Door, chapter XXIV
    […]I've knew people that if they got a rag rug on the floor and a kewpie doll lamp on the phonograph they think they're runnin' a parlor house.' 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Covici Friede
    Oh, I figured you would've knew. That's where I met Ham and he got me in the DA's office. That was years ago." 1999, Steve Lopez, The Sunday Macaroni Club, Plume, page 242

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