What is but yesterday you never opened lip, Except, indeed, to drink. Tennyson. Note: As a conjunction unless has mostly taken the place of except called?
except — But yesterday you never opened lip, Except, indeed, to drink. Tennyson. Note: As a conjunction unless has mostly taken the place of except. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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