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'pon

'pon preposition: apheretic form of upon.

Preposition

'pon

  1. Apheretic form of upon.
    • So he thought over various plans for relief, and finally hit pon that of professing to be fond of Pain-killer.1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 12, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC

Forms of 'pon

alternative formpon

Origin of 'pon

Compare identically formed Swedish på, Norwegian på, Danish på.

Questions about 'pon

What does 'pon mean?
'pon means apheretic form of upon.
What part of speech is 'pon?
'pon is a preposition.

Words near 'pon in the dictionary

  1. 'plane
  2. 'planed
  3. 'planes
  4. 'planing
  5. 'pologies
  6. 'pon
  7. 'Poonster
  8. 'Poonsters
  9. 'preciate
  10. 'preciated
  11. 'preciates

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