nignay

English

Uncertain; perhaps compare knick-knack.

nignay (plural nignays)

(Scotland, Ireland) Something trivial or worthless. [from 17th c.]
- 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 270:
  And if you were only to see the sums which those thoughtless young lads, who have ten times more money than wit to guide it, throw away on useless nigg-nyes, while thousands around them are pinched for the necessaries of life, it would make the very hair of your head, my dear Archy, stand up like the locks of Medusa.
- 1884, James Nicholson, Willie Waugh:
  He had a lot o' curious auld nig-nayes.

单词	nignay
释义	nignay English Alternative forms nigg-nye nig-naye Etymology Uncertain; perhaps compare knick-knack. Noun nignay (plural nignays) (Scotland, Ireland) Something trivial or worthless. [from 17th c.] 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 270: And if you were only to see the sums which those thoughtless young lads, who have ten times more money than wit to guide it, throw away on useless nigg-nyes, while thousands around them are pinched for the necessaries of life, it would make the very hair of your head, my dear Archy, stand up like the locks of Medusa. 1884, James Nicholson, Willie Waugh: He had a lot o' curious auld nig-nayes. Anagrams naying
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