onaccounta

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A form of on account of — On behalf of the (monetary) account of; (idiomatic, originally figurative) for the sake of.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

preposition
  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of on account of.

    Cousin Floyd couldn't play his banjo quite right, onaccounta the fact he's got blisters on his fingers.

    3 more examples

    The game called / Onacounta darkness

    1972, Conrad Weiser, “GOD MUST”, in I Don't Need to Know Your Name to be Your Friend, page 89

    I mean, we called GBI onacounta the Smitty .38, the outta state tags...” Beauchamp answered, stonefaced.

    2005, Christopher Chambers, edited by Eleanor Taylor Bland, Shades Of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors

    Den when da sun come out and errybody feel safe, onacounta get light again, errybody go outside and find one tallblack cat god.

    2006, Y. York, “Doggy Style”, in Nothing is the Same, page 9
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