electronic Dictionary of Bahamian English v3 - Definitions starting with N

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none at all!
phr. no indeed! (an emphatic negative). (Gen.)
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no more than true
[Car.] phr. quite believable. (Black)
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no more
/no mów/ [Atlantic; "abbreviation of no-more-than, in the older form no-mo (OED→1813 obs.)" DJE] adj. only (this and no other);
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No man seen dat
phr. You've never seen anything like it. (Long, Mayag.)
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no-mannish
[from no-manners idem, influenced by mannish impudent] adj. ill-mannered. (Inagua)
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no-manners
[Gul. idem ADD; from have no manners] adj. impertinent; impolite: a no-manners child (Nassau). He ain' no-manners [i.e. he is
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no how
[also dial. in Brit. OED, US ADD] adv. in any way: 1966 I don't think that's a good name nohow
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no-good
[W3 idem, worthless] adj. useless; of low character: 1977 These men too no-good (Full 74). He dead no-good [i.e. totally
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no, na, nor
/na/ 1. [Car.; cf. na not in Brit. dial. North, Scots EDI)] simple negator before verb doesn't, don't, didn't, etc.
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nipper
[cf. gallinipper large mosquito in DJE, Gul. (Parsons 1923:99); cf. also OED nip bite] n. the sandfly, a small biting
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