/ˈwʌn(t)st/
- Southern-US, nonstandard, not-comparableOnce.
“If we could see the last of that man, Didenhover, oncet, I'd take hold of the plough myself, and see if I couldn't make a living out of it.”
“"I seen 'im oncet, in the spring, I s'pose," said Jim, "what there was left of 'im.”
“Jest tuk the best rooms in that new hotel, got a hoss and buggy, dressed ourselves, you and me, fit to kill, and made them Fort people take a back seat in the Lord's Tabernacle, oncet for all.”
Formsonct(alternative) · onest(alternative) · onced(alternative) · wunst(alternative)