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from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete or dialectal form of unless.

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Examples

  • Do 'e think I'd dare to say a word onless I was sartain sure?

    Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911

  • July 21, 2009 at 2:09 pm onless hees reeelee reech an owld an sik…

    what happens in - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • September 27, 2009 at 7:55 am i love this book so far i am only on page i dont know but the cover has nothen to do with the book onless i am missing something in the book that gose with the cover i still am loving the book anyway taylor.

    Review: Generation Dead by Daniel Waters 2008

  • In UU, no one has authority over anyone, onless one means administrative staff.

    Women Clergy; There and Here Christine Robinson 2006

  • I am name-dropping immune, because any name will fall out of my mind in 20 seconds, onless it's constantly reinforced.

    Nets that work Torill 2006

  • I am name-dropping immune, because any name will fall out of my mind in 20 seconds, onless it's constantly reinforced.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Torill 2006

  • But, to use quantum physics for macroscales is in general silly onless you look at line emissions and alike, as you would spend the rest of your life calculating.

    The Sayings of Rasmus « Climate Audit 2005

  • Professor Jamieson has been as kind as could _be_ about Celandine, and said he'd try to get a place for her as teacher; but you can't do that, you know, Mrs. Tarbell, not onless you've got friends in politics; and I haven't, not one.

    Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

  • Dey ain 'gwine believe no gammon dat yeh Kipping tells 'em -- leastwise, no one ain't onless it's

    The Mutineers Charles Boardman Hawes

  • I'll take the law into my own hands onless somethin 'is did soon.

    Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast Frank V. Webster

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