bimeby

English

Adverb

bimeby

1. (dated) Pronunciation spelling of by and by.
   • 1874, Horatio Alger, Jr., Risen from the Ranks‎^[1]:

     "You'll be wantin' to get married bimeby, and then it'll be convenient to have some money to begin with."

   • 1894, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson‎^[2]:

     "Oh, I's middlin'; hain't got noth'n' to complain of, I's gwine to come a-court'n you bimeby, Roxy."

   • 1902, Joseph C. Lincoln, Cape Cod Ballads, and Other Verse‎^[3]:

     And bimeby I'll come home, bringin' loads of gold and di'mon' rings; My, won't all the boys be jealous when they see those kind of things! '

   • 1927, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 29, in Elmer Gantry:

     "That'll give the blank, blank, blank of a blank some idea of the fun we'll have watching him squirm bimeby!"