whilom

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One question was whether he had given money to Albert Bacon Fall, whilom Secretary of the Interior.

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"Hear, hear," interposed Lord Birkenhead, whilom "Galloper Smith."

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Believing as he still does that he is God's anointed, the whilom All Highest feels a duty, a pious obligation to preach.

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The movie colony is now off, like a merrily misguided missile, on another of its whilom whooshes toward the unknown.

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Madamë, whilom I was one That to my father had a king; But I was slow, and for nothing Me listë not to Love obey; And that I now full sore abey....

From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.