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off'n

off'n preposition: off; off from.

Preposition

off'n

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard) Off; off from.
    • "My heavens! That girl'll drive me crazy, sure!" Arline hurried to the door. "Don't take the roof off'n the house," she cried querulously down the stairway. "I'm comin'."

Questions about off'n

What does off'n mean?
Off'n means off; off from.
What part of speech is off'n?
Off'n is a preposition.

Words near off'n in the dictionary

  1. off with their head
  2. off worlder
  3. off worlders
  4. off year
  5. off years
  6. off'n
  7. off-
  8. off-air
  9. off-and-on
  10. off-angle
  11. off-angled

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