nohow

[ noh-hou ]

/ ˈnoʊˌhaʊ /

adverb Nonstandard.

under no circumstances; in no way (usually preceded by another negative): I can't learn this nohow.

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Origin of nohow

First recorded in 1765–75; no² + how¹

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Examples from the Web for nohow

He'll buck if he's cinched too tight or gets too much to eat, an' he ain't fit for a lady to ride, nohow.
Hope Hathaway|Frances Parker
Which it don't make no difference what one of them does, nohow.
Danny's Own Story|Don Marquis
Seems like de people don' work dese days like dey used to nohow.
Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1|Various
He's gone off, foolin' around with them thar pictures, an' I don't suppose he'll never come to any good, nohow.
Babylon, Volume 2 (of 3)|Grant Allen

“Women wa'n't calculated to work as hard as men, nohow,” he said.
Jerome, A Poor Man|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for nohow

nohow

/ (ˈnəʊˌhaʊ) /

adverb

not standard (in negative constructions)

under any conditions
in any manner

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Word Origin and History for nohow

nohow

adv.

"not at all," 1775, American English, from no + how, on model of nowhere.