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
T’owd wife at t’ time wor sick i’ bed, An’ I’d a shockin’ cowd, Wal t’youngest barn we hed at home, Wor nobbut three days owd.
From Revised Edition of Poems by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
“There’s nobbut one place wheer a chap could ha’ been likely to ha’ gotten in,” said Banks, thoughtfully.
From The Parson O' Dumford by George Manville Fenn
A common saying of his was, that he "was nobbut a thūrteen steàn man."
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin
They don’t like to be teached by one who they say’s nobbut a boy.”
From Son Philip by Anonymous
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