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twicet adverb Pronounciation of twice as one syllable. [DARE labels this pronunciation “chiefly South, South Midland”]

1891 Brown Dialect in Tenn 172 In oncet, twicet, acrost, dost, and clost, we have a final t added. 1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 107 I had to fire twiste afore he tumbled. 1939 Walker Mtneer Looks 4 A final t is sometimes added to words ending in the sound of s- of twicet, oncet. 1973 GSMNP-57:63 That’s [the] only time you see a car then, about twicet a year. 1989 Matewan OHP-1 McGinnis was so good to me, he come down here at least twicet a week.

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