nowt

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"I wouldn't think nowt, your reverence, of running you over into Barchester, -- that I wouldn't.

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  • All for nowt, my exertions of last night—or the night before last? —  The Great California Game—Lovejoy—Jonathan Gash
  • Maäybe she warn't a beauty: I niver giv it a thowt-- But warn't she as good to cuddle an' kiss as a lass as 'ant nowt Parson's lass 'ant nowt, an' she weänt 'a nowt when 'e's deäd, Mun be a guvness, lad, or summut, and addle her breäd: Why? —  The Book of Humorous Verse
  • Woä then, proputty, wiltha?--an ass as near as mays nowt-- Woä then, wiltha? —  The Book of Humorous Verse
  • And there's a' the lads burning the Bel fires, and driving the nowt* through them: nae less will serve them. —  The Gold Of Fairnilee
  • I did nowt--I He let his hand fall, and a feeling of relief from some expectation came over his face. —  Patience Wins War in the Works
 

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