’pon
Britishpreposition
contraction
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“You are three men of sin, whom destiny has belched up ’pon this island,” Cymbeline crowed, rolling her eyes at the disturbance.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
You ain't the same kind as me a bit, and there's more'n me in Greenpoint—now, 'pon my word there is—that's said when they see you that you was a reel lady.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
They call it a quiet wedding, but, 'pon my word, I don't know how we could very well have found room for any more than are coming.
From The Honour of the Clintons by Archibald Marshall
Thought you had been done in, 'pon my soul I did.
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
At any rate, you and I make no pretences and, 'pon my soul!
From The Sins of the Children A Novel by Cosmo Hamilton
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