forbye
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forbye (not comparable)
- Alternative form of forby
Preposition edit
forbye
- Alternative form of forby
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- She never seemed to want for siller; the house was as bright as a new preen, the yaird better delved than the manse garden; and there was routh of fowls and doos about the small steading, forbye a wheen sheep and milk-kye in the fields.
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Preposition edit
forbye
- besides, in addition to
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
- ‘they ca' it fasting when they hae the best o' sea-fish frae Hartlepool and Sunderland by land carriage, forbye trouts, grilses, salmon, and a' the lave o't, and so they make their very fasting a kind of luxury and abomination [...].’
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Adverb edit
forbye
- as well, in addition
- 1992, Iain Banks, The Crow Road:
- 'And mind them there's plenty of bread, and some chicken in the fridge, and cheese, and plenty of soup forbye, if you get hungry again.'
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