Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch form of
once .
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Examples
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They were keen to get as muckle work done as possible, an 'they had some coal to get to fill oot a hutch, when a' at yince we heard Andra crying on us to rin.
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Her guid boots jist yince on her feet are in her room, a 'cleaned jist as she took them off the last time she had them on.
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Stand oot o 'the light that I may see him yince mair.
Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North
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"Ye see, I'm no 'as young as I yince was, and I need somebody sair."
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895
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Na, na, it wadna be mensefu 'like ava'. A 'the Gordons that ever was hae gaen to the gaol -- but only yince.
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"Except Israel himsel '!" said McMinn of the Croft, "man, dominie, since he converted Jock, my ploughman, he hasna been drunk yince, and I get twice the work oot o 'the craitur for the same wage."
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"Hoot, tell me gin your faither and you bide thegither withoot ony woman body, did I no hear that yince; is that the case na?" demanded the lady of Craig Ronald with astonishing directness.
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I'm maybe an unlearned woman, but I've been through the Testaments mair nor yince -- the New Testament mair nor twice -- an 'I never saw naethin' aboot stools o 'repentance in the hoose o' God.
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The tykes'll be after me, nae doot, but it's no in yin o 'them to catch Jock Gordon gin yince he gets into the
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He gave me half-a-crown yince, and forbade me to play it awa’ at pitch and toss.”
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