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

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

From A Student in Arms Second Series by Hankey, Donald

All at onest I see one o’ them big water-hawks—osparay they call ’em—plunge down an’ rise up agin wi’ a catfish in his claws.

From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne

“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)