en
half the width of an em
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,666 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,261 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- half the width of an em also: nut
en in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They was all mounted en goin' it lickity switch.
"Miss Lou" · Edward Payson Roe · Chapter 2
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I alwuz liked dead people, en done all I could for 'em.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 06 · Mark Twain · Chapter 3
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En bimeby she died, en he tuck en toted her way out dah in de prairie en buried her.
How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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He left a simple ensign en second and returns a colonel, and has the stuff in him to make a field-marshal!
The Golden Dog · William Kirby · Chapter 2
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Every living man there, with the exception of a few staff-officers, believed himself en route for Europe; their faces said as much.
King--of the Khyber Rifles · Talbot Mundy · Chapter 1