nairy

Didn nairy one uv mah gulls come in de pen till dey wuz mahried.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Work Projects Administration

Hit seems like de 'oman nairy a man is laid claim ter ain 'wuth claimin'.

The Voice of the People Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909

He said if he moved away and got a chance he would send me word; but as there ain't nairy a post-office within about five hundred miles of where he is, his only chance of sending a letter would be by a hunter who chanced to be going down to the settlements, and who, like enough, would put it into his hunting-shirt and never give it another thought.

In the Heart of the Rockies 1867

I have been back from Melbourne for almost a week now, but with nairy a moment to blog, as deadlines at work, with the MFA, etc, have reached feverpitch.

The View from Elsewhere 2009

Ary and nary (or airy and nairy) are used quite naturally and unaffectedly by persons native to this region to mean ` any 'and ` not any,' or ` none. '

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 2 1976

"Atter I done tote him outer de cawn fiel 'en thoo de bresh, den I begin ter peer roun' fer one er dese yer ambushes, but dere warn 'nairy one un um dat warn' a-bulgin 'a'ready.

The Battle Ground Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909

I'se done tote 'er in dese arms when she wa'nt knee high ter Marse Tom's ole mule Jenny, en she ain't cut nairy er caper dat I ain't' sperienced hit. "

The Voice of the People Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909