"wanst" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} wanst (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) once Tags: archaic, not-comparable Derived forms: at wanst
    Sense id: en-wanst-en-adv-IAZRqLLV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1863, Roger Quinn, The Heather Lintie: Being Poetical Pieces, Spiritual and Temporal..., page 167:",
          "text": "Be the bye, I wanst knew art ould woman of that name. She was my darling Tibbie, but a notorious drunkard.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1838, Charles Dickens et al., Bentley's Miscellany, page 308:",
          "text": "Now, shut your eyes, and turn round wanst.' whispered the Grey Man. Shawn did as he was desired ; but, when he looked about, he was struck all of a hape to find himself standing in his own bawn....",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1837, Charles Fenno Hoffman et al., The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, page 68:",
          "text": "Wanst I was wo'th twenty thousand doll are, and I driv the saddling profession.",
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          "ref": "1838, Charles Dickens et al., Bentley's Miscellany, page 308:",
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