Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Not in; nor in.
- A dialectal form of
none .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete Not in.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dialect, Liverpudlian Affectionate name for a
grandmother .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She'll not have bin nin here this year, I'm thinkin ', nor the last neether.
Try Anything Twice 1938
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La Princesse d'Hénin is a very pleasing, well-bred woman; she [also] left the next morning with M. de Lally.
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Le Roux, sails from Boulogne and lands at Dover, [31-36]; offers to defend Louis XVI. at his trial, offer refused, [88-89]; visits French colony at Juniper Hall, staying in London with the Princesse d'Hénin, is the intimate friend of Mallet du Pan and his family, [128-129]; his interest in M. d'Arblay's marriage, [173]
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"It's you, Tom Scott, is it -- you trif'nin '----" and then, catching sight of the stranger, her whole manner changed, and she dropped the broomstick with an embarrassed "'Scuse me, suh."
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"Beca'se dey likes to hear 'emselves talk -- eb'rybody wantin' to do all de talkin ', an' nobody wantin 'to do none uf de list'nin' -- jes 'like people."
Burl Morrison Heady 1872
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The cakes, called nin gao or year cake in Chinese, are steamed in banana leaves, producing a sticky texture.
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily SuperUser Account 2010
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Apple claims that the app, called nin: access, violates Section 3.3.12 from the iPhone SDK Agreement.
bit-tech.net Feed 2009
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He pitched on the old apple tree yonder -- the August sweet'nin '-- and I thought he'd bust his throat a-tellin' of how glad he was to be free out there in God's sunshine an 'open air. "
Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper
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Regardless, at this point, it seems that the Thursday film is now off, and not happ'nin '.
I R SMRT devilsdarling 2010
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But I woke up this mo'nin ', your big worries was gone
Junior Parker Lyrics 2009
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