aforehand
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of aforehand
Example Sentences
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If I’d-a thought ’bout it aforehand, I’d-a probably figgered all of that moving going on outside would keep me wide awake, but it was jus’ the opposite.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Mrs. Holton said, “They didn’t say nothing aforehand ’cause they was afeared your ma woulda run with you.”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ef I jes' knowed aforehand how it will tech the boys when they view the door down onto the floor!' exclaimed the old woman.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
Come to talk with Primus, he wouldn't stick in a spade, unless they'd pay him aforehand.
From Oldtown Fireside Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe
It’d nigh kill poor little Mistress Christie to know of it aforehand.
From All's Well Alice's Victory by M. Lewin
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