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Definition of Nimmed
1. nim [v] - See also: nim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nimmed
Literary usage of Nimmed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"'Ah nimmed it off on 'im,' would be as applicable to an open as to a surreptitious
taking away. Also, to go quickly, ..."
2. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"Ah nimmed it off on 'im,' would be as applicable to an open as to a surreptitious
taking away. Also, to go quickly, move nimbly. ' Nim to the corner, ..."
3. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"Ah nimmed it off on 'im,' would be as applicable to an open as to a surreptitious
taking ... Shay nimmed off loike a shot, soon as iwer shay set oys of 'im. ..."
4. Oldham's Amusing and Instructive Reader: A Course of Reading, Original and by Oliver Oldham (1854)
"Not far from thence a noble charger stood, Snug, in his master's stable, taking
food; Which beast they stole, or, as they called it, nimmed, Just as the ..."
5. The High School Speaker: A Collection of Declamations, Poetic Pieces and by John Celivergos Zachos (1873)
"... as they called it, nimmed, Just as the twilight all the landscape dimmed.
And now, good people, we should next relate Of these adventurers the luckless ..."
6. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1921)
"So to't they went, and 'with a halter round His feathered neck they nimmed him
off the ground. Twixt right and wrong how many gentle trimmers Will neither ..."
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