apast
Americanpreposition
Etymology
Origin of apast
1890–95; a- (semantically empty, perhaps a generalization of adverbial a- 1 ) + past; cf. anear, anigh
Example Sentences
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"Och, shure an' it wuz about three years apast."
From Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned by Seton, Ernest Thompson
"The stage didn't leave out whoever it is—it drove right apast," said Aunty Em.
From Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch by Martin, Helen Reimensnyder
It sweeps apast like a fiery chariot, bearing poor little Butterfly's soul to heaven.
From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel
They won't come apast that scratch, and I kin skeer 'em off with this.
From Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor by Cobb, Frank
Yassir, Sef, if you'd a-got yere at a inch and a quarter apast!
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
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