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▪ I. 'n1, -n dial.,
reduced enclitic form of the negative particle not, no, or na.
c1750in J. F. Palmer Dev. Dial. (1837) 6, I did'n care. Ibid., I coud'n abide her vather. 1864Tennyson North. Farmer i. xvii, What atta stannin' theer fur, an' doesn bring ma the aäle?
▪ II. 'n2, 'n'|ən|
colloq. shortening of and conj.
Esp. common in rock 'n' roll.
1858O. W. Holmes in Atlantic Monthly Sept. 497/1 To beat the taown 'n' the keounty. 1906E. Dyson Fact'ry 'Ands xvii. 233 Ther revolvin' arm was bent out, 'n' it got home a left lead 'n' er right cross. 1923Radio Times 28 Sept. 23/2 Dance Programme..One-step, ‘By 'n' Bye’. 1925C. R. Cooper (title) Lions 'n' tigers. 1928F. Hurst President is Born v. 67 God bless Mother 'n' Father. 1959W. Golding Free Fall ii. 58 He was helmeted, assured, delicate at the rudder-bar and joystick in the fish-'n-chip smell of the engine oil. 1968Listener 18 July 93/2 Tony Carruthers has turned the whole building into a prison to assist Charles Marowitz's production of a Canadian play about four boys having sex-'n-violence in a reformatory. 1971Black World June 63/1 The President's tryin' his level best to bring more 'n more boys home all the time. 1973J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 30 Dudley was mad..but good 'n mad.
▪ III. 'n3 Lanc. dial.,
reduced form of han ‘have’.
1864R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 302 That's o at we'n getten. Ibid. 304 Yo'n bin far enough to-day.
▪ IV. 'n4
colloq. reduced form of than conj.
1867J. T. Trowbridge Darius Green in Oxf. Bk. Children's Verse (1973) 262 The little chatterin', sassy wren, No bigger 'n my thumb. 1898J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 2 That on'y made Bill madder 'n ever. 1903K. D. Wiggin Rebecca i. 8 We've only just started on it,..‘it's more 'n two hours’. 1910C. E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy ix. 63 He hates Greasers worse 'n I do. 1973‘J. Ashford’ Double Run viii. 57 The duty would be more 'n Mr. Smith could pay if it's properly declared. |