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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Nearer.

Wiktionary

  1. interj. slang, childish An interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when disagreeing with a statement considered incorrect or irrelevant.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adv. obsolete Nearer.

Etymologies

  1. Formed by onomatopoeia. The extended form is neener. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Man seeks to form for him­self, in what­ever man­ner is suit­able for him, a sim­pli­fied and lucid image of the world, and so to over­come the world of expe­ri­ence by striv­ing to replace it to some extent by this image.”

    Escape Velocity « Snarkmarket

  • “I hain't got no ill-will gin Marse Desmit, not a mite -- only 'bout dat ar lickin, an 'dat ain't nuffin now; but I ain't gwine ter war his name ner giv it ter my chillen ter mind 'em dat der daddy wuz jes anudder man's critter”

    Bricks without Straw A Novel

  • “Desmit, not a mite -- only 'bout dat ar lickin, an 'dat ain't nuffin now; but I ain't gwine ter war his name ner giv it ter my chillen ter mind 'em dat der daddy wuz jes anudder man's critter one time.”

    Bricks Without Straw

  • “Dey sed he used ter say ez how he wasn't gwine ter hev his niggers mixed up wid nobody else's namin ', an' he wouldn't no mo '' low ob one black feller callin 'ob anuder by enny nickname ner nothin' ub dat kine, on one o 'his plantations, dan he would ob his takin' a mule, nary bit.”

    Bricks without Straw A Novel

  • “Dey sed he used ter say ez how he wasn't gwine ter hey his niggers mixed up wid nobody else's namin ', an' he wouldn't no mo '' low ob one black feller callin 'ob anudder by enny nickname ner nothin' ub dat kine, on one o 'his plantations, dan he would ob his takin”

    Bricks Without Straw

  • “They placed me in a pris'ner's dock and then commenced on me.”

    Flora

  • “In the Bible the word "ner" (נר) -- candle or light, embodied, of course, in the word Menorah (מנורה) -- is used metaphorically in many significant senses.”

    The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915

  • “Hamilton, lemme interduce you -- fren 'the family -- ole fren' the guv'ner's -- works in the yards.”

    The Jungle

  • “But then they won't lemme sleep there -- guv'ner's orders, by Harry -- home every night, sir!”

    The Jungle

  • “Guv'ner says so hisself, an 'the guv'ner knows -- the guv'ner's got a head for business, you bet!”

    The Jungle

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  • yarb Yes indeed: as in ner ner ni ner ner. Jun 23, 2011

  • ruzuzu Wiktionary says this is "An interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when disagreeing with a statement considered incorrect or irrelevant."
    Jun 23, 2011

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