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单词 sides
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sidesprep.adv.

Brit. /sʌɪdz/, U.S. /saɪdz/
Forms: 1500s sydes, 1800s– 'sides, 1900s– sides.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: besides prep.; besides adv.
Etymology: Partly (as preposition), aphetic < besides prep., and partly (as adverb), aphetic < besides adv. Compare side prep.
Now colloquial and regional.
A. prep.
Except for, other than. Formerly also: †in addition to, as well as (obsolete).
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1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued iv. sig. D3 All this theyle haue, and else much more, sydes Marchpane and greene Cheese.
1869 L. M. Alcott Hosp. Sketches & Camp & Fireside Stories 368 More respectfully, he said,—‘No one, 'sides me, massa.’
1929 W. Thurman Blacker the Berry i. i. 34 Wonder where all the spades keep themselves? I ain't seen but two 'sides you.
1972 J. Wheeler Smith in W. King Black Short Story Anthol. 37 ‘He didn't hurt you none, did he?’ ‘No, he didn't bother me, sides looking mean.’
2000 R. L. Hatcher Shepherd's Voice xxiv. 290 I cain't leave my young uns. They ain't got nobody 'sides me t'look out for them.
B. adv.
As a sentence adverb: besides, furthermore, moreover.
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1839 C. Clark John Noakes & Mary Styles 10 'Sides, Mary's conduct to poor John, It now dent seem so wusser.
1861 M. V. Victor Maum Guinea xi. 167 ‘A t'ousand dollars won't do,’ said she again; ‘'sides, I want to get rid of her.’
1901 F. Hume Golden Wang-ho i 'Sides, they'll want to——.
1918 C. Mackenzie Early Life Sylvia Scarlett ii. iv. 331 I didn't seem to want them no more. 'Sides, I've got seven already.
1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind v. 79 It's too late den. Dey's already mahied [i.e. married]. 'Sides, gempmums specs dey wives ter have sense.
1975 ‘J. Lymington’ Spider in Bath i. 11 It's not like that. Sides, the job helps his pension.
1991 J. Oke Woman named Damaris vi. 59'Sides,’ he went on with a glance toward Damaris, ‘I had my eye on ya.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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