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All at onest I see one o’ them big water-hawks—osparay they call ’em—plunge down an’ rise up agin wi’ a catfish in his claws.

From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne

Euclid was consulted, and recommended the "onest craft of good masonry," and the origin of the order is found "yn Egypte lande."

From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Newton, Joseph Fort

“Seems to me like onest in an argument I did say somethin’ about having it here in the house,” Mrs. Lear admitted.

From Hoofbeats on the Turnpike by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)

I did go to a shop onest," said the old man, "and I did ax, but they didn't seem able to gi' me the right 'uns.

From North, South and over the Sea by Francis, M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell)

I am now inclined to suspect it no corruption at all, but only an erratic and obsolete superlative at onest.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell