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- adverb Obsolete form of
anigh . - preposition Obsolete form of
anigh .
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Examples
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And the blessed sawls to be caught in yer snarin 'traps close into home, anighst their very doors, too!
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various
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'Well, Mr. San Cleeve,' Hezzy replied, 'when you've said that a few stripling boys and maidens have busted into blooth, and a few married women have plimmed and chimped (my lady among 'em), why, you've said anighst all, Mr. San Cleeve.'
Two on a Tower Thomas Hardy 1884
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‘Well, Mr. San Cleeve,’ Hezzy replied, ‘when you’ve said that a few stripling boys and maidens have busted into blooth, and a few married women have plimmed and chimped (my lady among ’em), why, you’ve said anighst all, Mr. San
Two on a Tower 2006
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