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- adverb dialect, Northern England
once (in both senses:only onetime , andformerly )
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ah weant be a farthing towards nae sic thing as that, that ah wean't, sea ah'l say it at yance.
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But yance they hang some riff-raff for him it will soon be forgotten.
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'Theer wor witches yance, my gell, becos it's in th' Bible, an whativer's in th 'Bible's _true_,' and the farmer brought his hand down on the top bar of the gate.
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'Now then, yor Majesty,' said 'Lias grimly,' I'st ha to put that question to yo, yance moor, yo wor noan so well pleased wi this mornin.
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'If yo do I shall cut at yance, an yo'll ha all the longer time to be by yoursen.'
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'Ay, yo'd better luke at her close,' said Hannah, grimly, giving her niece a violent shake as she spoke; 'I wor set yo should just see her fur yance at her antics.
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_yance_, once; _seck_, sack, i.e. contents of this sack;
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"Deary me! deary me! forgive me, good Sir, but this yance, I'll steal naa maar.
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"Whoy, measter Draa did pratty nigh drink 't out yance -- that noight 'at eight chaps, measter Frank, drank oop two baskets o' champagne, and fifteen bottles o ''t breawn sherry -- Ay carried six on
Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago
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