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in time prepositional phrase At one time, sometime ago. [DARE labels this phrase “southern Appalachians”]

1939 Hall Coll (Deep Creek NC) They’d been a water spout, a cloudbust put there in time. 1942 Stuart Men of Mts 311 Somebody had tapped ‘em [=maple trees] in time. They have made maple syrup from them. 1973 GSMNP-86:36 The trail went around, well they had in time took a sled and wagon maybe around it.

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