onest

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I did go to a shop onest," said the old man, "and I did ax, but they didn't seem able to gi' me the right 'uns.

From North, South and over the Sea by Francis, M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell)

But what did I do when I was so confounedly disgusted by my guvnor ankring after the baronnites money wich it wasnt rite nor yet onest.

From Castle Richmond by Trollope, Anthony

Euclid was consulted, and recommended the "onest craft of good masonry," and the origin of the order is found "yn Egypte lande."

From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Newton, Joseph Fort

“Seems to me like onest in an argument I did say somethin’ about having it here in the house,” Mrs. Lear admitted.

From Hoofbeats on the Turnpike by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)

I knowed a bloke onest in civil life wot died a lingerin' death.

From A Student in Arms Second Series by Hankey, Donald