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onna

onna contraction: on the.

Contraction

onna

  1. (colloquial, contraction) On the.
    • "Next thing I know you're onna ground, bloody. I don't know what come over me. You goin' out?" Lenny asked.1976, Jonathan Betuel, The Dogfighter, page 187
    • Mal said, “How you doing then?” “Me? I'm onna dole, mate. I'm onna street.”2007, Martin Amis, Vintage Amis, Vintage, →ISBN, page 30
  2. (colloquial, contraction) On a.
    • I bin tole ta put a rag onna stick 'tween huh teef so she not bite huh tung.2012, C. V. Warmouth, A Louisiana Purchase, page 405

Questions about onna

What does onna mean?
Onna means on the.
What part of speech is onna?
Onna is a contraction.

Words near onna in the dictionary

  1. ONMs
  2. onmun
  3. Onmyodo
  4. Onmyōdō
  5. Onn
  6. onna
  7. onnagata
  8. onnagatas
  9. onned
  10. Onnian
  11. onning

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