'pon

prep

'pon

prep

Etymology Compare identically formed Swedish på, Norwegian på, Danish på.

1

Apheretic form of upon.

  • So he thought over various plans for relief, and finally hit pon that of professing to be fond of Pain-killer.1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 12, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC:

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