oncet
English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈwʌn(t)st/
- Rhymes: -ʌnst, -ʌntst
Adverb
oncet (not comparable)
- (Southern US, Midland US, nonstandard) Once.
- 1908, Alice MacGowan, Judith of the Cumberlands:
- Why, Judith, Granny Peavey, our maw's mother, told us oncet about a dumb supper that her and two other gals made when she was but sixteen year old, and her sweetheart away from her in Virginny, and she didn't know whar he was at, an' they brought her tales agin him."
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:once
See also
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