'prentice

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Apheretic form of apprentice. obsolete

    ""You're going to be made a 'prentice of, Oliver.""

Verb
  1. 1
    Apheretic form of apprentice. obsolete

Example

More examples

""You're going to be made a 'prentice of, Oliver.""

Etymology

From prentice, an old (Middle English) apheretic form of apprentice, with the apostrophe added to indicate the lost letters.