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
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
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.
"I cudn't stop him, ner thee nowder, for that matter, if he nobbut gat a fair ho'd o' the'."
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney
So to settle em daan, Sir Christopher Braan Hez tould ’em it wur his intent, If thay’d nobbut be quiet till things wur all reight, He’d give them a trip to Chow Bent.
From Th' History o' Haworth Railway fra' th' beginnin' to th' end, wi' an ackaant o' th' oppnin' serrimony by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
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