Judge: “What is the meaning of the expression, ‘Sez you?’ ” Counsel: “M’lud, it would appear that it is a slang' expression of American origin which has gained regrettable currency in the language of the people through, the insidious agency of the cinema, and is, I am given to understand, employed to indicate a state of dubiety as to the credibility or veracity of a statement made by the speaker.” Judge: “Oh, yeah!” ■
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 58, Issue 4194, 9 June 1939, Page 2
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