t'avance

Yola

Etymology

t' +‎ avance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈvans/

Contraction

t'avance

1. to advance
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 19-21:

     —t'avance pace an livertie, an, wi'oute vlynch, ee garde o' generale reights an poplare vartue.

     to promote peace and liberty—the uncompromising guardian of common right and public virtue.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114