Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal variant of
till .
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- preposition
Eye dialect spelling oftill . - conjunction
Eye dialect spelling oftill .
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Examples
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Can'twell is still busy trying to BUY or appease the splintered democratic base.
Sound Politics: McGavick = Human, Liberal Bloggers = Angry 2006
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"How often must I tell you that there's no such word as 'twell'?
The Voice of the People Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909
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It will most certainly not twell the truyth because the family does not want the truth told, period end of story .
It Might Get Loud Filmmaker Developing Jimi Hendrix Biopic | /Film 2009
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De captain ghost he swell up, an 'he swell up, twell he as big as a house, an' he say in a voice whut shake de ground:
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews
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So he step outen de shanty an 'he stan' on de doorstep twell he get he eyes pried open as big as de bottom ob he ma's washtub, mostly, an 'he say, "Dey ain't no ghosts."
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews
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"Yo '-- yo' jest wait twell I gits up, Massa Tom," said Rad.
Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters, or, Battling with Flames from the Air Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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But de play ain't raaly ovah twell dat buga-man is gone.
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So he rotch down, an 'he rotch down, twell he git a good hold on dat pricklesome stem of dat bestest pumpkin whut in de patch, an' he jes yank dat stem wid all he might.
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews
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So he scoot past dat buryin'-ground whut on de hill, an 'dat cemuntary whut betwixt an' between, an 'dat grabeyard in de hollow, twell he come to de pumpkin-patch, an' he rotch down an 'tek erhold ob de bestest pumpkin whut in de patch.
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews
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He 'low he gwine be no trouble _at_ all ef he jes been let wait twell he ma she gwine up de ladder to de loft to bed, too.
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews
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