Definition of Aiblins

1. adv. Perhaps; possibly.

Definition of Aiblins

1. Adverb. (context: Scotland northern England) Perhaps, maybe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aiblins

1. ablins [adv] - See also: ablins

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aiblins

ahorseback(p)
ahoy
ahoy-hoy
ahs
aht
ahu
ahull
ahungered
ahungry
ahuruhuru
ahylognosia
ai
ai yah
aia
aias
aiblins (current term)
aibohphobia
aichmophobia
aid
aid-major
aid-majors
aid and abet
aid climbing
aid station
aid to families with dependent children
aid worker
aidance
aidances
aidant
aide

Literary usage of Aiblins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"I, She's dour and din, a deil within, But aiblins she may please ye. ... But aiblins honest Master Heron, Had at the time some dainty fair one, . ..."

2. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1856)
"... is aiblins, with a pleased face, seen smiling over his shoulder. North. 0 fortunati nimium! sua si bona ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1827)
"That young chid' Gibb hits aft'a simple scene o' nature to the nines—a bit dub o' water, aiblins—a foot-path—a tree—a knowe—a coo, and a bairn ; yet out o' ..."

4. Library Notes by Addison Peale Russell (1875)
"aiblins ye may think it was a shark; nae, nae, ... aiblins, madam, ye 're an auld witch for taking the word of God out of my mouth," was the reply of the ..."

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