nobbut

/ (ˈnɒbət) /

adverb

dialect nothing but; only

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Word Origin for nobbut

C14: from no ² + but 1

Words nearby nobbut

noah's dove, noahide laws, nob, nob hill, nobble, nobbut, nobby, nobel, nobel laureate, nobel prize, nobel prizes

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Example sentences from the Web for nobbut

Aw'm one o' them 'at likes th' sweets best, an' if they'll nobbut let me alooan aw'll promise niver to mell o' them.
Yorksher Puddin'|John Hartley
"He's nobbut very sweemish," interposed the good-wife, with just a touch of malice in her tones.
Barbara Lynn|Emily J. Jenkinson
If we'd nobbut his bit of a dog, who'd find him, sure enough.
Wenderholme|Philip Gilbert Hamerton
And yet it was nobbut Friday morning lasst, I cam oop here, awfu' bad in my sperrits like.
Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward

"O, it's nobbut a friend o' mine'at's been asleep a bit an' didn't know we'd landed," aw sed.
Seets I' Paris|John Hartley