erewhile
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She was an erewhile nun, and provided for both with her needle.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
“Allamagtig, Kaptyn!” cried old Spielmann—his erewhile favourite sergeant.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
Yet she might about as well have stayed where she was, for the erewhile great whirling gold town was now as a city of the dead.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
Gay, fickle Paris, oblivious of disaster, was shouting hosannas to the victor of its erewhile idol, and in this carnival of fêtes those of the duke were surpassingly magnificent.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various
“By the virtue of no múti save that of the spear of the King, O Elephant,” I answered, with a glance backward at where I had deposited the great assegai, the erewhile royal gift.
From The Induna's Wife by Mitford, Bertram
