'cept

[ sept ]

preposition

, Informal.

1. a shortened form of except ¹.

Example Sentences

But the wives don’t travel with the band ‘cept on special occasions.

From The Daily Beast

I say there ain't one o' them that cares a copper cent for one of us, 'cept just for what he can git outen us.

From Project Gutenberg

They're all well now, 'cept Jake, and he'll come out all right, but we had a close call.

From Project Gutenberg

We don't propose to run him in yer, cept we're took, or yer unaccommodatin' to the boys.

From Project Gutenberg

Nuthin', by ——, 'cept she dident no nuthin' 'bout bisniss, an' leff all uv sech things ter har loryer.

From Project Gutenberg

Humin natur is the same all over the world, cept in Nu England, and thar its akordin tu sarcumstances.

From Project Gutenberg