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

Anne Hathaway minded nobbut Emmerdale to star in One Day.

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2011

Then," said Saunders, slapping the table solemnly, "theer's nobbut one more thing to say—an' sorry I am to say it.

From Bessie Costrell by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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

You've driven forth my son from me," she said at length, "and you're driving forth my lodger, and there's nobbut the almshouse left.

From Shining Ferry by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

There's no one I knows on would come so late, A-clicking the latch of an empty house With nobbut inside 'un but me and a mouse....

From Down-Adown-Derry A Book of Fairy Poems by De la Mare, Walter