prit' near
shortened to mean "pretty near" or "almost". Primarily heard in Prince Edward County.
"It was prit ' near six o'clock by the time I got home from work Friday"
"I was driving late one night, I saw an animal, swerved and prit' near put 'er in the rhubarb"
"I was driving late one night, I saw an animal, swerved and prit' near put 'er in the rhubarb"