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nobbut

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English

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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nobbut (not comparable)

  1. (UK, Northern England) nothing but; only; just
    He were nobbut a lad when he joined the army.
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