Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Need not.
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- phrase Scotland
need not
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Examples
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"Yo 'needna' trouble about that, Mr Lennard, I can give yo 'drawin's of all that in t' office, but still yo 'can see for yo'rself by the drawin's afterwards."
The World Peril of 1910 George Chetwynd Griffith 1881
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"You needna do so," he said, looking at me seriously over his cupped palm.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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“Ye needna care wha did it, or how it was done,” said
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Ye needna snort, none of you Highlanders, and you in especial, Robin.
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Ye needna ask whae Rob Roy is, the reiving lifter that he is — God forgie me!
Rob Roy 2005
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I think we needna speak of George Heriot, honest man, when we have nobility in question.
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Nathless, you needna think 'tis your handsome body she's lusting for.
Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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"Oh, I think I needna worry, Grandsire," he said softly.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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"And I'll ask ye, as my chief, to take my life now, so I needna live longer wi 'the shame of it."
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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Nathless, you needna think 'tis your handsome body she's lusting for.
The Otherworld Lackey, Mercedes 1992
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