naething
Americannoun
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His wife is a proud kind o' body, and she said naething to the neebors, and I jalouse they had a sair pinching time on't.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
If he disna come, there’s naething for ’t but for ye a’ to gang hame again an’ say naething mair aboot it.
From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various
The minister smiled till her braid i' the kirk, The dominie winkit wi' mony a smirk, An' douce-lookin' elders, on Saturday's e'en, Could crack aboot naething but Tipperty's Jean.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick
"But look that ye tell na Gib your man, For naething that ye dee; For, an ye tell him, Gib your man,35 He'll beguile baith you and me."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
I want naething frae ye o' ony consequence.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
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