Definition of "yance" []

• Once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly) (adverb)

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• "Ah weant be a farthing towards nae sic thing as that, that ah wean't, sea ah'l say it at yance."
• "But yance they hang some riff-raff for him it will soon be forgotten."
• "'Theer wor witches yance, my gell, becos it's in th' Bible, an whativer's in th 'Bible's _true_,' and the farmer brought his hand down on the top bar of the gate."