subs. and adv. (American).—Somewhat; a certain amount; a great deal: cf. FEW and see PUMPKIN.

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  1598.  SHAKESPEARE, 2 Henry IV., v. 5. Bate me SOME, and I will pay you SOME.

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  1848.  RUXTON, Life in the Far West, 54. When a boy, our trapper was ‘SOME’ … with the rifle, and always had a hankering for the West.

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  1849.  New York Tribune, 15 May. Admitted by the oldest inhabitant to be ‘SOME’ in the way of cold winters.

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  1856.  Knickerbocker Magazine, xlvii. March, 271. Hiram was SOME on horses, numerous at billiards, immensa at ten-pins.

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  1896.  LILLARD, Poker Stories, 178. I used to play cards SOME before I was married.

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