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Definition of Nobbut
1. only [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nobbut
Literary usage of Nobbut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Farmer's Magazine (1872)
"ITS nobbut ME. Oor lads 'ed been at t' fell, An', bein' tir't, went seun to bed,
... lie sed, " I think thoo knows л ho'tie : Thoo knows it's nobbut me. ..."
2. Dialect of the West Riding of Yorkshire: A Short History of Leeds and Other by Samuel Dyer (1891)
"nobbut, for only, is an amalgamation of not but: " For he's nobbut a curate."—Tennyson's
Northern Farmer. In that witty ballad, The Yorkshire Horse Dealer, ..."
3. North Country Poets: Poems and Biographies of Natives Or Residents of by William Andrews (1888)
"Says t' chap, " It's nobbut me ! " " Who's me " ? says I, " What want ye here ?
... Just tell me who it is, an' than "— Says he, " Its nobbut me. ..."
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