frinstance

See also: f'rinstance

English

Adverb

frinstance (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of for instance.
   • 1918 February 22, The Macon Telegraph, Macon, GA, page 6, column 1:

     Great discoveries sometimes are made by accident. Frinstance, yesterday while idly punching the keys on our 17-jewel typewriter trying to think up something to think about, we found we could make a jim dandy Q simply by making a cap O and then placing a comma in the extreme southern portion of it.

Noun

frinstance (plural frinstances)

1. Pronunciation spelling of for instance.