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SUSSEX won't be druv
A local proverb which asserts that Sussex people have minds of their own, and cannot be forced against their will.
Druv
is a dialect variant of
drove
(standard English
driven
).
1910
in
Sussex Garland
(1979) i. (
postcard
)
Have got as fat as a Sussex [pig]—and ‘wunt be druv’ from Brighton.
1924
Cricket Match
vi.
‘Well, we'd better be going, I suppose,’ Gauvinier announced .. well aware that ‘Sussex won't be druv.’
1939
Pinkerton at Old Angel
vi.
The sudden weariness in her frail face testified to years of patient leading. Mr. Pinkerton thought of the boast of the men of Sussex. They too couldn't be druv, they said.
1979
Sussex Garland
i.
There ant no place like Sussex, Until ye goos above, For Sussex will be Sussex, And Sussex won't be druv!
obstinacy
Druv
is a dialect variant of
drove
(standard English
driven
).
1910in
Sussex Garland
(1979) i. (
postcard
)
Have got as fat as a Sussex [pig]—and ‘wunt be druv’ from Brighton.
1924
Cricket Match
vi.
‘Well, we'd better be going, I suppose,’ Gauvinier announced .. well aware that ‘Sussex won't be druv.’
1939
Pinkerton at Old Angel
vi.
The sudden weariness in her frail face testified to years of patient leading. Mr. Pinkerton thought of the boast of the men of Sussex. They too couldn't be druv, they said.
1979
Sussex Garland
i.
There ant no place like Sussex, Until ye goos above, For Sussex will be Sussex, And Sussex won't be druv!
obstinacyOne SWALLOW does not make a summer
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