no-count
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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One time I asked Papa didn’t he think his daddy was lazy, leaving all the work to field hands or sorry no-count tenants and croppers.
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Skin and bones dancing, lips upcurled like oyster shells, a no-count man with a femur in his hair.
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When I say ‘we,’ I mean every Cleveland no-count between the ages of 14 and 24.
From Los Angeles Times
Granny says she don’t want to hear that no-count name in her ears, much less let it walk on her tongue.
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When my husband Clyde left me for that no-count hussy up on Farish Street, one they call Cocoa, I figured I better shut the door for good on that kind a business.
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