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forbye
forbye
English
Adverb
forbye (not comparable)
- Alternative form of forby
Preposition
forbye
- Alternative form of forby
Scots
Preposition
forbye
- besides, in addition to
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
- ‘they ca' it fasting when they hae the best o' sea-fish frae Hartlepool and Sunderland by land carriage, forbye trouts, grilses, salmon, and a' the lave o't, and so they make their very fasting a kind of luxury and abomination [...].’
- 1992, Iain Banks, The Crow Road:
- 'And mind them there's plenty of bread, and some chicken in the fridge, and cheese, and plenty of soup forbye, if you get hungry again.'
- 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy: