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nary, a. Chiefly U.S. and dial.|ˈnɛərɪ|
[var. of ne'er a. The form is typically U.S., but app. occurs in some Eng. dialects, and is now used more widely outside the U.S.]
Neither; no; not a; now almost always followed by the indef. article. Also (U.S.) nary (a) red or cent, not a cent.
1746N. Wright Jrnl. 6 Aug. in New England Hist. & Geneal. Reg. (1848) II. 209 The Indians..escaped them, and there was no ‘spile dunne on nary side’. 1821Mass. Spy 14 Feb. (Th.), He asked her whether she was most fond of writing prose or poetry. ‘Nary one,’ says she, ‘I writes small hand.’ 1836Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 113, I guess there ain't much to brag on nary way, damage done on both sides. 1848Lowell Biglow P. Ser. i. i, Slavery ain't o' nary color. Ibid. Ser. ii. ii, Nary sounds but watch-dogs' false alarms. 1849Picayune (New Orleans) 6 May 2/6 I'm goin' tew get my breakfuss yere, and not pay ‘nary red’ till I dew! 1856Knickerbocker XLVII. 99 ‘Aint you gwine for to give us three dollars?’ ‘Nary a red!’ sung out Hart. 1856‘J. Phoenix’ Phoenixiana 125 Playin at billiards and monte Till they've nary red cent to ante. 1863Russell Diary North & South I. 168 Another..replied to the demand for so many thousand soldiers, ‘Nary one’. 1872G. P. Burnham Mem. U.S. Secret Service p. vii, Nary red, out of pocket; ‘broke’ of ready funds. 1893McCarthy Red Diamonds I. 65 We hadn't nary cent to work it with. 1895S. Crane Red Badge of Courage x. 102 There's too much depending on me fer me t' die yit. No, sir! Nary die; I can't! 1906Dialect Notes III. 147 (N.W. Arkansas) Nary a red. 1917‘H. H. Richardson’ Fortunes R. Mahony iv. x. 379 She would discover a thousand drawbacks to his scheme, but nary a one of the incorporeal benefits he dreamed of reaping from it. 1920E. O'Neill Beyond Horizon i. ii. 36 They've been thick as thieves all their lives, with nary a quarrel I kin remember. 1932New Yorker 9 Apr. 54/1 We flit hither and thither among the gadgets,..with nary a thought for the morrow. 1941Time 6 Jan. 16/1 From the National Defense Advisory Commission,..there was nary a peep. 1971M. Torrie Bismarck Herrings xi. 156 ‘Were many turned out during her time?’ asked Timothy. ‘Nary a one,’ replied Mrs. Baines. 1973New Society 30 Aug. 522/3 You can wander around the cavernous vaults of the Law Courts in the Strand these days and come across nary a person. 1973People's Jrnl. (Inverness & Northern Counties ed.) 1 Dec. 4/4 And there was nary a stranger on hand to be impressed! 1974Verbatim Dec. 6/2 The computer that did all the dogwork gets nary a mention. |