Definition of "yessum" []

• Yes ma’am (phrase)
• Colloquial form of yes. (phrase)

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• ""Well, yessum, dat's partly it," said the fat cook."
• ""Yessum," said Free Joe, cheerfully assenting to the proposition -- "yessum, dat's so, but me an 'my ole 'oman, we' uz raise tergeer, en dey aint bin many days w'en we 'uz' way fum one 'n'er like we is now.""
• ""Hum, yessum, it's sunny, but I've seen your home up town, and it's beyond the likes of me to see why you're down here at all, at all.""