aboon
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of aboon
1350–1400; Middle English abone, abowne; see above
Example Sentences
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He went on: “And you consate that all these steans be aboon folk that be happed here, snod an’ snog?”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
The lid will be aboon it and screwed down to-morrow, I dar' say.
From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
But she’s far aboon you, my son; and ye maun mind how you behave yourself.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
Ay, but I fear we will be as far aneath the right medium for a while, as ye are startit aboon it.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
Oh! the weariness o’t, and the dreariness o’t, and nae help frae Heaven aboon nor frae earth beneath, but just to sit still and wait for their hame coming.
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
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