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
His teeal tho’ simple, it wur grand, An’ varry gud te understand,— His stick steead up aboon his hand, T’awd fashion’d way; His cooat an’ hat wur wether tann’d, A duffil gray.
From Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect by John Castillo
But, mind ye—no a word o’ this to ony living human being, and aboon a’ to Provost Binkie.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various
O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, 60 But they heard the roaring of the sea.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
"Na, na, Johnnie Jardine, that's clean aboon my comprehension: But ye're a cunning draughty man, and I leave the haill matter to your guidance."
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
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