aboon
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of aboon
1350–1400; Middle English abone, abowne; 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
"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 Hogg, James
Well, the Macrae was aboon the Reverend that day.
From Playing With Fire by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
O our Scots nobles were richt laith To weet their cork-heeled shoon; But lang ere a' the play was played, Their hats they swam aboon.
From The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
He rent the sheet upon her face,115 A little aboon her chin; With lily white cheek, and lemin' eyne, She lookt and laugh'd to him.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
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