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- preposition Alternative spelling of
'pon . Contraction ofupon
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Examples
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"amende lah korg mencarot2 ni. .samer2 nk masok lorong ke neraka pon gado2. .kau ..." by aku in
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The moment they graws a shade, an 'long afore they stone, them dratted lil auld sow-pigs [Footnote: _Sow-pigs_ -- Woodlice.] falls' pon 'em cruel.
Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911
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They warm my heart somethin 'braave; an' they let the gray mosses cling to 'em an 'the dinky blue butterflies open an' shut their wings 'pon 'em, an' the bramble climb around theer arms.
Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911
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But the peaches they won't touch now, 'cause of the fur 'pon' em.
Lying Prophets Eden Phillpotts 1911
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Snake see da skin wut bin 'pon' e aig; 'e ahx wut is dis.
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Snake see da skin wut bin 'pon' e aig; 'e ahx wut is dis.
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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I thought, masser, though, I'd keep my eyes 'pon' um well, masser, I bin think 'pon dis thing often sence, and I didn' know whether 'twould be woth while to tell you, or wait 'til I seed somthin' else in um, an I thought I'd wait.
Uncle Robin, in his cabin in Virginia, and Tom without one in Boston 1853
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Don't you cock your we'pon 'till you're ready to let drive.
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Wha 'for he consider my freedom, jes' now, and he nebber bin tink 'pon 'em before.
The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. First Series 1845
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But I hab my tongue ya (thrust to one side of his jaws) and the white ob my eye grow large as I look 'pon' em.
The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. First Series 1845
isoglossian commented on the word pon
...globalized by Rihanna's "Pon de Replay"~
April 30, 2009
seanahan commented on the word pon
But what does it mean?!
May 1, 2009
isoglossian commented on the word pon
"on(=pon) the(=de) replay" as in one of the interview with Rihanna. It's Barbadian English, anyway~ In the lyrics there is also "...pon the dancefloor"
May 1, 2009
tbtabby commented on the word pon
It's an onomatopoeia in Japanese.
July 15, 2009