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ne'er a, adj. phr.
Forms: 5–6 nere a, 7 ne're a, ne'r a, 8– ne'er a; 8 dial. narrow a, 9 ner a, nar a, narra, norra, etc. See also nary.
[f. prec. + a adj.2 1 c.]
Never a, not a, no.
In common Eng. dial. use: for forms see Eng. Dial. Dict.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 622 Ryght nere a del. Ibid. vi. 154 Vche oon so from other That nere a sister touche nere a brother. c1530Crt. of Love 1197 Me thoughte, he loved her nere a dele. 1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. ii. i, There's ne're a Gentleman i' the countrey has the like humors for the Hobby-horse as I haue. 1620Quarles Pentelogia ii, Could Sinners finde out ne're a one, More fit than Thee, for them to spit upon? 1749Fielding Tom Jones viii. ii, There is narrow a one of all those officer fellows but looks upon himself to be as good as arrow a Squire of 500 l. a-year. 1786Burns Farmer's Salut. ix, At Brooses thou had ne'er a fellow. 1786― Twa Dogs 184 The ne'er a bit they're ill to poor folk. 1816Scott Old Mort. i, They are ne'er a hair better than them that [etc.]. 1859Thackeray Virgin. xxii, Ne'er a one of them has ever whispered her pretty little secrets to me. |