allus

allus (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of always, representing Northern British and Southern US English.
   • 1959 January 25, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 9:

     [Porky Pine:] Readin' black type on black paper allus give him the pig-eye.

   • 1978, James Still, River of Earth:

     "I allus wanted my chaps to read and spell and figure," Mother said. "Allus put a lot of store by that. Another rusty cut and they'll close the school shore. As long as we keep living here, Flat Creek School is their only chance earthy."

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allus

1. third-person singular optative of ij