Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete or dialectal form of
unless .
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Examples
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Do 'e think I'd dare to say a word onless I was sartain sure?
Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911
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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
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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.
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In UU, no one has authority over anyone, onless one means administrative staff.
Women Clergy; There and Here Christine Robinson 2006
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Dey ain 'gwine believe no gammon dat yeh Kipping tells 'em -- leastwise, no one ain't onless it's
The Mutineers Charles Boardman Hawes
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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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