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English
Etymology
From able + -lings.
Pronunciation
Adverb
aiblins (not comparable)
- (Northern England) Perhaps, maybe. [1]
1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter V, in Rob Roy. , volume II, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. ; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 109: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
- ^ 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
aible + -lins
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeblɪnz/, /ˈjɛblɪnz/, /ˈjɪblɪnz/
Adverb
aiblins (not comparable)
- perhaps
- Synonym: aibles
References