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though but

though but phrase: used at the end of a sentence to add emphasis.

Phrase

though but

  1. (Northern England, idiomatic) Used at the end of a sentence to add emphasis.
    • Terry: I shall sleep well tonight, though but.1974, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Questions about though but

What does though but mean?
Though but means used at the end of a sentence to add emphasis.
What part of speech is though but?
Though but is a phrase.

Words near though but in the dictionary

  1. thoubs
  2. Thoudam
  3. thoued
  4. thouest
  5. though
  6. though but
  7. though I say it who should not
  8. though I say it who should not say it
  9. though I say so myself
  10. thoughbeit
  11. thougheverbeit

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