Timous

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of timeous. alt-of, alternative

    "Railway grouping had caused some peculiarly Scottish phraseology to disappear, though the note "Stops on timous notice to the guard" survived until comparatively recently."

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opportuneseasonabletimely

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"Railway grouping had caused some peculiarly Scottish phraseology to disappear, though the note "Stops on timous notice to the guard" survived until comparatively recently."

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