nobbut
Britishadverb
Etymology
Origin of nobbut
C14: from no ² + but 1
Example Sentences
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Anne Hathaway minded nobbut Emmerdale to star in One Day.
From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2011
“What is’t to thee?” sed Spinnle Shenks, “Tha ruffin ov a dog, I’m nobbut bahn me rhaands agean, To see wun John o’ t’Bog.
From Random Rhymes and Rambles by Wright, William Aldis
"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 The House 'Round the Corner by Tracy, Louis
And a third, when Tambourine began his contortions, shrieked, “Eh! looky! looky! he’s nobbut a porriwiggle;” which translated out of Yorkshire into English, means, “nought but a tadpole.”
From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter
And I telled ye he was in co. wi’ a couple o’ poachers and thieves over here fro’ one o’ the big towns; and I telled you he weer nobbut a tramp hissen.”
From The Parson O' Dumford by Fenn, George Manville
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