aiblins

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From able +‎ -lings.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

aiblins (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Perhaps, maybe. [Early 17th century.][1]
    • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.1:
      ‘I'll no say but she may aiblins hae been his honour's Squire Thorncliff's in her day–but she's mine now.’

References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aiblins”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.

Anagrams

Scots

Etymology

able +‎ -lins

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈeblɪnz], [ˈjɛblɪnz], [ˈjɪblɪnz]

Adverb

aiblins (not comparable)

  1. perhaps
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