nolly

Only but, theres a but, you must buy me a fine new girdle too, nolly.

Finnegans Wake 2006

Comment posted at May 7, 2006 04:15 PM nolly says:

Mind Hacks: Online communities in the 1800s 2006

In Assessing the 1984 "Ulysses," edited by C.G. Sandulescu and C. Hart, Peake calls "C.nolly" an "evident typing error" (p. 156) and, like G.bler and McC.eery, was unaware of its historical basis.

'The Scandal of Ulysses': Yet Another Exchange McCleery, Alistair 1989

She's never in bed much of the night, and I'll prove it, too, just to show you I'm not such a nolly as you think I am.

The Best British Short Stories of 1922 John Cournos 1915

Why, we'd jest kind uv bresh the moisture from our eyes 'nd say: "Mister recordin' angel, you may nolly pros this case 'nd perseed with the docket. "

A Little Book of Profitable Tales Eugene Field 1872