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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
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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