non-standard contraction of except (preposition) used in representing speech
‘who really cares 'cept me?’
‘everyone else had visitors— 'cept for Captain’
‘But there's still a war to fight, both literally and figuratively, and ain't no one else fightin' it 'cept us.’
‘I think the main Support/Guidance & Quick Help forum would have been the place for this rather than the vector forum...after all who comes in here 'cept us.’
‘There is no one here 'cept us chickens.’
conjunction
informal
non-standard contraction of except (conjunction) used in representing speech
‘she can't do anything 'cept walk’
‘it's kind of a history book, 'cept it tells you where people used to hide their money’
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