Meanings
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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”).
Northern English dialect: only; merely; nothing but
There was nobbut one candle left in the house.
From no + but. Compare Scots nae but, nae bit (“no more than, only, merely, just”).
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