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▪ I. offen, prep. dial. (also U.S.).|ˈɒfən, ɔː-|
Also affn, offan, off'n.
[var. of off of (see off adv. 7), by substitution of on for o': see o prep.1 and prep.2]
Off from; off.
1824Blackw. Mag. Oct. 457/1 ‘Set down that bottle,’ quoth I, wiping the saw-dust aff n't with my hand. 1871E. Eggleston Hoosier Schoolmaster xxxi. 216 He told his wife that the master had jist knocked the hind-sights offen that air young lawyer from Lewisburg. 1871S. Lanier Wks. (1945) I. 23 He picked all the rocks off'n the groun'. Ibid. 195, I got down off'n my load. 1903‘O. Henry’ in Ainslee's Feb. 60/2 He'd jest light off'n his bronco and hunt a place to camp. 1922E. O'Neill Hairy Ape (1923) v. 45 Clean, ain't it? Yuh could eat a fried egg offen it. 1930Life & Work Feb. 63 Lottie says A maun stop letting ye borrow offan me. 1938M. K. Rawlings Yearling i. 14 You knock them plates offen the table..and you'll see who's riled. 1940W. Faulkner Hamlet i. ii. 43 She was taking Ab's breakfast offen the stove, onto two plates. 1944C. Himes Black on Black (1973) 198 That made me mad, them sendin' that jalopy for me. But I was so high off'n them dreams I let it pass. 1977J. Cleary Vortex v. 121 Who took the gun off'n her, then?
▪ II. offen
obs. form of offing. |