Meanings
preposition
alternative pon
- Apheretic form of upon.
So he thought over various plans for relief, and finally hit pon that of professing to be fond of Pain-killer.
1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 12, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC
Origin
Compare identically formed Swedish på, Norwegian på, Danish på.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
'pon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'pon
MLA
“'pon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'pon. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'pon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'pon.
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