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'least

'least is the alternative form of least.

Meaning of least

Prepositional phrase

  1. (informal, nonstandard) At least.
    • “Why he took and dipped his hand in a rotten stump where the rain water was.” “In the day time?” “Certainly.” “With his face to the stump?” “Yes. Least I reckon so.”1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VI, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 65

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What is 'least the alternative form of?
'least is the alternative form of least.

Words near 'least in the dictionary

  1. 'kin 'ell
  2. 'kin' 'ell
  3. 'kini
  4. 'kinis
  5. 'ld
  6. 'least
  7. 'less
  8. 'leven
  9. 'Lizabeth
  10. 'll
  11. 'llo

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