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aboot

prepositiontime

during a time period

during or at some point within a time period; used in time expressions (e.g. 'aboot the nicht' = during the evening)

Example in use

“A met him aboot the mornin.”

Pronunciation

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/UH-BOOT/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutral

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