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- adverb law, UK
otherwise . - adjective law, UK
otherwise .
Etymologies
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Examples
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There was a famous story of "a n'orse" -- but that is untellable.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider William Henry Lowe Watson
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I have been told that on one occasion, seeing a horse out of the window of a railway carriage, I cried: Regardez, Maman, voilà un 'orse'.
The Summing Up Maugham, W Somerset 1938
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For arter all, a nice, strong gibbet vith a good long drop is qvicker, neater, and much more pleasant than an 'orse's' oof, -- now ain't it?
The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915
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The 'orse' e knows above a bit, the bullock's but a fool,
Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The 'orse' e knows above a bit, the bullock's but a fool,
Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The 'orse' e knows above a bit, the bullock's but a fool,
Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
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We was brought up teetotal, but they're always pressing it upon you, and to please him I said I would drink the 'orse's' ealth.
Esther Waters 1892
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And them downs is just rotten with 'orse watchers; it has just come to this, that you can't comb out an' orse's mane without seeing it in the papers the day after.
Esther Waters 1892
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"Yes, there be a gap, and young Grubbles broke his 'orse's back a getting over of it last year," said the second farmer.
Orley Farm Anthony Trollope 1848
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"An 'orse's father -- an' orse's father!" growled 'Hollock; "I never drink to horses, nor to their fathers either:" and with this wonderful witticism he declined the pledge.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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