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Definition of nobbut in English: nobbutadverb ˈnɒbət Northern English Nothing but; just. he looked a lot like his uncle when he was nobbut a lad Example sentencesExamples - For we are discussing a subject which, when I was nobbut a lad, was strictly labelled Ladies Only.
- To which the chap replied: ‘Nay, nobbut yance!’
- There's has been trouble at mill, or rather aggro in Quarry Row, between two of the offcumdens who have been in the Dale for nobbut two minutes.
- Farmer Johns, who wasn't too well and so was having a late breakfast, had a visit from farmer Green who said: ‘Is thou nobbut just gitting up Nathan?’
- When I was a nobbut a lad, a tree to climb or a beck to dam was all the ‘equipment’ we needed to keep ourselves occupied for hours at a time.
Synonyms only, merely, simply, but, nothing but, no more than
Origin Middle English: from the adverb no + the preposition but1. |