nobbut

/ ˈnɒbət /

adverb

1. dialect.
   nothing but; only

Word History and Origins

Origin of nobbut¹

C14: from no ² + but ¹

Example Sentences

They may pledge and make pledge,' continued he, scornfully; 'they nobbut make liars and hypocrites.

From Project Gutenberg

I don't believe he'd ha' died but for that, because I nobbut give him but one hit.

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Aw nobbut owed him for one week, an' he said, 'Iv yo connot pay yo mun turn eawt for thoose 'at will do.'

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But they're nobbut wortchin' four days a week, neaw; besides they'n enough to do for their own.

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If it're nobbut a body's sel', we met manage to pinch a bit, neaw an' then; becose one could reayson abeawt it some bit like.

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