Citations:woz

First person singular past indicative of "be"

 * 1875, Bret Harte, Gabriel Conroy, in The Writings of Bret Harte, page 314
 * I was sayin' I woz on the hill, when I heerd vyces, and lookin' out I seed you with a stranger.
 * 1995, Anne Hamilton, Gypsy Bride, page 284
 * That I woz, m'lord — that I woz indeed!" growled Gitano in a gravelly dialect from his Gypsy repertoire, [....]
 * 2006, David Osborne, Toby Potts in the Temple of Gloom and Other Adventures of Our Intrepid Hero, page 173
 * [...] "why did you wait two days before telling your Mum what Mr. Masters had done to you?" "Yer mean Jack?" "Yes, Jack." "Cos I woz embarrassed."

Third person singular past indicative of "be"

 * 1983, Harold Talbot Parker, Three Napoleonic Battles, page 107
 * 'Where's our Arthur?' ... 'Aw wish he woz here.'
 * 2006, Dewey Lambdin, A King's Trade, page 326
 * "Andrews woz a foin feller, he woz, always fair an' kindly with us. Sorry we lost him, sor."