nobbut

/ (ˈnɒbət) /

Save This Word!

adverb

dialect nothing but; only

QUIZ

WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?

Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!

Question 1 of 7

Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.

who

whom

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Word Origin for nobbut

C14: from no ² + but 1

Words nearby nobbut

Noah's Ark, Noah's Dove, nob, no ball, nobble, nobbut, nobby, Nobel, Nobelist, nobelium, Nobel laureate

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

How to use nobbut in a sentence

They may pledge and make pledge,' continued he, scornfully; 'they nobbut make liars and hypocrites.
North and South|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
I don't believe he'd ha' died but for that, because I nobbut give him but one hit.
The Book of the Bush|George Dunderdale
Aw nobbut owed him for one week, an' he said, 'Iv yo connot pay yo mun turn eawt for thoose 'at will do.'
Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine|Edwin Waugh
But they're nobbut wortchin' four days a week, neaw; besides they'n enough to do for their own.
Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine|Edwin Waugh

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.
Lancashire Sketches|Edwin Waugh