apast

American  

[uh-past, uh-pahst] / əˈpæst, əˈpɑst /

preposition

Chiefly South Midland U.S. and Newfoundland.

1. past; beyond.

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Etymology

Origin of apast

1890–95; a- (semantically empty, perhaps a generalization of adverbial a- ¹ ) + past; cf. anear, anigh

Example Sentences

"Och, shure an' it wuz about three years apast."

From Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned by Seton, Ernest Thompson

At last: "Look a-yere, Seffy, it's about two inches apast seven—and by the time you git there—say, nefer gif another feller a chance to git there afore you or to leave after you!"

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

Folks that live here tell me that they do most of their business by telephone in the daytime, and then do their runnin' around at night, but I've got apast that.

From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson

They won't come apast that scratch, and I kin skeer 'em off with this.

From Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor by Cobb, Frank

"The stage didn't leave out whoever it is—it drove right apast," said Aunty Em.

From Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch by Martin, Helen Reimensnyder