nither
Britishverb
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Well, zune us gets out, though ai caan't tall'ee whur tu 'twas, and ai caan't tall'ee what us did nither, vur me 'aid was gwaine round an' round and aachin' vit to burst.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-17 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
There dwelt a man in faire Westmerland, Jonnë Armestrong men did him call, He had nither lands nor rents coming in, Yet he kept eight score men in his hall.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
And them fools what comes up here to dig for Mr. Kidd's money eat up what little we had, and did'nt pay fur it, nither.
From The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family by Waud, A. R.
Well, I never rub'd my back agin a collige, nor git no sheepskin, and allow the Apostuls didn't nither.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
The words either, neither, deceit, conceit, receipt, are generally pronounced by the Eastern people ither, nither, desate, consate, resate.
From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Scudder, Horace E.
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