nobbut
/ (ˈnɒbət) /
adverb
dialect nothing but; only
Origin of nobbut
1C14: from no ² + but 1
Words Nearby nobbut
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How to use nobbut in a sentence
They may pledge and make pledge,' continued he, scornfully; 'they nobbut make liars and hypocrites.
North and South | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellI don't believe he'd ha' died but for that, because I nobbut give him but one hit.
The Book of the Bush | George DunderdaleAw nobbut owed him for one week, an' he said, 'Iv yo connot pay yo mun turn eawt for thoose 'at will do.'
But they're nobbut wortchin' four days a week, neaw; besides they'n enough to do for their own.
If it're nobbut a body's sel', we met manage to pinch a bit, neaw an' then; becose one could reayson abeawt it some bit like.
Lancashire Sketches | Edwin Waugh
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