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on't en · X

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  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction, regional) Contraction of on + it.
    alt of on
    • “Speak no more on’t,” she said; “and now let us part, our conversation may attract more notice than is convenient for either of us.” 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Abbot. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 29:
    • 'For', says she, 'he is run off I know not where, but as he makes his bed, must he lie on't; and if he run away for his pleasure, may stay away for mine. [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC: