US /ˈnɒbət/ UK /ˈnɒbət/
adv Freq #532535

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    Northern English dialect: only; merely; nothing but

    There was nobbut one candle left in the house.

Etymology

From no + but. Compare Scots nae but, nae bit (“no more than, only, merely, just”).

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