'ceptprep.conj.
colloquial.
= except prep., except conj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction] > except, unless
warne1340
savea1393
lessa1400
unless1473
except that if1513
except1526
excepta1616
'cept1851
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > subjected to a condition [preposition] > unless
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nobbuta1400
unless1531
'cept1851
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 268/2 One get's reconciled to anything, 'cept, to a man like me, a low lodging-house.
1867 Goodwife at Home 6 But never gyangs it o'er my hawse, 'Cep at an antren time.
1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 4 They all gits aht somehow, 'cept me.
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xiv. 306 You couldn't hear what Brother Bedenberry was saying, cep he never tried to hit back nor nothing.
1967 A. Wilson No Laughing Matter iii. 305 I don't know anyone who cooks better. Well, cept my Mum did, of course.
1967 L. Forrester Girl called Fathom xiv. 180 That's all I can tell you for now... Cept..there's one more reason I'm takin' you along.
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