betimes
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Poppies don’t bloom in December — not even here — and roses put in an appearance only betimes.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022
It originated as Union Army surplus fabric after the Civil War, and 19th-century officers wore it betimes with a cowboy hat, or with an Abe Lincoln stovepipe topper.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2021
In most U.S. cities bars close by 1 a.m. and most U.S. citizens go to bed betimes, anyhow.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Therefore hardy balcony patrons gather betimes to form their amazing queues.
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But Hunyadi was warned betimes, and while admitting Ladislaus V. and Cillei, he excluded their army of mercenaries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.