nither
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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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 Horace E. Scudder
An' I heard tell o' her man's death, but I hadna seen nither since they went herdin' ower the Carter Bar.
From Border Ghost Stories by Howard Pease
If ai is different from e, then again and agen cannot be the same word, and if i and e are neither identical nor equivalent, nither and neether are two different words.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
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 A. R. Waud
Young girls are like timorsome birds; they do not over-relish being hurried or spoken harshly to nither.
From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by James Fenimore Cooper
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