nobbut

British  

/ ˈnɒbət /

adverb

1. dialect nothing but; only

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Etymology

Origin of nobbut

C14: from _no ² + _but ¹

Example Sentences

I don't remember t' first, because I was nobbut a little 'un, but I've heerd my faither tell on 't.

From Project Gutenberg

"You're nobbut a fond lass," commented Mrs. Jackson, cracking an egg on the side of a basin preparatory to emptying its contents into a frying-pan.

From Project Gutenberg

Nah, try to keep thi former knack, An due thi weshing in a crack, Bud don’t be flaid to bend thi back,       Tha’ll nobbut sweeat; So try an hev a bit o’ tack,       An do it neat.

From Project Gutenberg

If nobbut in a rainy dub, Sho did at furst begin ta skrub, Or hed a proper weshin tub,       Its all the same; Aw’d give a craan, if aw’d to sub,       To get hur name. p. 49In this wide wurld aw’m let afloat, Th’ poor possessor of wun koat; Yet linnen clean aw on thee dote,       An’ thus assert, Tha’rt wurthy o’ grate Shakespere’s note;       A clean lin’ shirt.

From Project Gutenberg

An I belong’d to t’latter lot,    An them wor t’war o t’wo, Fer I’d nine pairs o jaws e t’haase,    An nowt for em ta do. p. 53T’owd wife at t’time wor sick e bed,    An I’d a shocking coud, Wal t’youngest barn we hed at home,    Wor nobbut three days oud.

From Project Gutenberg