nobbut

/ (ˈnɒbət) /

dialect nothing but; only

Word Origin for nobbut

C14: from no ² + but 1

Aw'm one o' them 'at likes th' sweets best, an' if they'll nobbut let me alooan aw'll promise niver to mell o' them.

Yorksher Puddin' |John Hartley
"He's nobbut very sweemish," interposed the good-wife, with just a touch of malice in her tones.

Barbara Lynn |Emily J. Jenkinson
If we'd nobbut his bit of a dog, who'd find him, sure enough.

Wenderholme |Philip Gilbert Hamerton
And yet it was nobbut Friday morning lasst, I cam oop here, awfu' bad in my sperrits like.

Robert Elsmere |Mrs. Humphry Ward

"O, it's nobbut a friend o' mine'at's been asleep a bit an' didn't know we'd landed," aw sed.

Seets I' Paris |John Hartley