exclamation

• Used as a polite form of assent addressed to a woman.

  ‘“You feel all right?” she asked. “Yessum.”’

  More example sentences

  • ‘I won't talk about Bagger Vance… (yessum, weeza all trying ta’ fuget about Bagga Vance ‘roun these here parts!)’
  • ‘That is the first time I have heard the phrase yessum mister since Little House on the Prairie all those years ago.’
  • ‘Yessum, Miss Daisy, I'll drive you to the store, yessum.’