Ahint

adv, prep

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    behind UK, dialectal, not-comparable
Preposition
  1. 1
    behind UK, dialectal

    "ahint the coonter he sat i' the shop"

Example

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"ahint the coonter he sat i' the shop"

Etymology

From Middle English at-hinden, from Old English æthindan (“behind, after”), equivalent to at- + hind.

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