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- conjunction rare
Than which .
Etymologies
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where + than
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Examples
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Then Miriam wept passing sore wherethan naught could be more, making sure of separation, and cried to the druggist’s wife,
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Then Miriam wept passing sore wherethan naught could be more, making sure of separation, and cried to the druggist's wife, "O my mother, said I not to thee that my lord Nur al-Din had been tricked into selling me?
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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