'pon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pon"

English

Alternative forms

• pon

Etymology

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

Preposition

’pon

1. Contraction of upon. Often found in expressions such as:

   ’Pon my word, madam, I shall never let you down.

   “’Pon my soul, and gracious me!” she cried.

   • 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 12, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC:

     So he thought over various plans for relief, and finally hit pon that of professing to be fond of Pain-killer.

Anagrams

• NOP, NPO, Nop, ONP, OPN, nop