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 Ad’aran’,Ad’dison of the North 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Adays.
 
Nowadays, at the present time (or day). So in Latin, Nunc dirum and Nunc tempris. The prefix “a” = at, of, or on. Simularly, anights, of late, on Sundays. All used adverbially.   1
 


 Ad’aran’,Ad’dison of the North 

 
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