onest

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I knowed a bloke onest in civil life wot died a lingerin' death.

From A Student in Arms Second Series by Hankey, Donald

“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)

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

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

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