Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A common vulgarism for once.
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Examples
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Will hauled a Cart load wood down to Franklins The hands passed the wheat through the fan onst, which is to be done the second time Ned in the Boat. very little done -
Ferry Hill Plantation journal : January 4, 1838-January 15, 1839, 1961
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Adn Champagne! and onst, i gots cone yak cuz i akkomodated a nudder passenjer in seet swich.
Skill - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Jew-lee-us See-sar was ass…, mur…,kilt bai deh senators ub Roam, all stabin him at onst..
Et tu, … - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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February 26, 2008 at 7:29 am onst sumwon sed, “mais oui” and i just fot dey was sayin my naem wif a slite speech impedidididment.
wood ju likes - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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July 1, 2008 at 5:56 am onst upon a wrinkul in tiem….
but I’z indoor kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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One thing, however, was evident to a man of his intleckshal capassaties; he must either marry the gal at onst, or he stood very small chance of having her.
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The little Frenchman was quite in extasis; he found himself all of a suddn at the very top of the trea; and the laff for onst turned against his rivle: he actialy had the ordassaty to propose to my lady in English to take a glass of wine.
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On hearing this pethetic remark, her mind was made up at onst: and sitting down to her eskrewtaw, she immediantly ableaged master with an answer.
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Master did not know this fact — laboring under a very common mistak, that, when onst out of England, he might wissle at all the debts he left behind him.
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There was no use now denying the fact of his arrest, and so he confest it at onst: but he made a cock-and-bull story of treachery of a friend, infimous fodgery, and heaven knows what.
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