Oncet

//ˈwʌn(t)st// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Once. Southern-US, nonstandard, not-comparable

    "If we could see the last of that man, Didenhover, oncet, I'd take hold of the plough myself, and see if I couldn't make a living out of it."

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once

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"If we could see the last of that man, Didenhover, oncet, I'd take hold of the plough myself, and see if I couldn't make a living out of it."

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