'scuse
See also: scuse
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'scuse (third-person singular simple present 'scuses, present participle 'scusing, simple past and past participle 'scused)
- (transitive, colloquial) Excuse.
- 'Scuse me, when is the bus due?
Interjection edit
'scuse
- (colloquial) Excuse me.
- 'Scuse, can I come past?
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'scuse (plural 'scuses)
- (colloquial) An excuse.
- 1875, New Dominion Monthly, page 37:
- Oh! she said we must get our 'scuses — the rule, you know.