yince

/jɪns/
adverb
  1. A dialectal or informal variant of 'once,' meaning one time or formerly.
    • Yince upon a time, there was a brave knight.
    • I yince knew the answer, but I've forgotten it.
    • She yince lived in that old house on the hill.
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