erewhiles

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A form of erewhile — Some time ago; beforehand; formerly.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adverberewhiles (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of erewhile.

    We sit down to our meals, suspect not the intrusion of armed uninvited guests, who erewhiles, we know, were wont to surprise us.

    1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC
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