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Compare identically formed Swedish , Norwegian , Danish .

Preposition

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’pon

  1. Contraction of upon.
    • 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.

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