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

"Moral Rearmament" became the 1938 slogan of Dr. Frank Buchman's Oxford Groups, who worked betimes for a religious revival, and betimes announced that it had already happened.

From Time Magazine Archive

He, Richards, arrived in Westerbury betimes on this same morning, and was told by Kenneth that he might go in to Mr. Fauntleroy.

From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry