Lexicographical Neighbors of Nincoms
Literary usage of Nincoms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"While in a "state militant," waging war with folly and stupidity, and assailed
on all sides by a combination of nincoms and num- ..."
2. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville by Washington Irving (1886)
"If my readers do not now understand what I mean by usefulness, I give them all
up for most absolute nincoms. To rise in this country, a man must first ..."
3. Rhymes with Reason & Without by Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1853)
"The old horse, tied to the limb of a tree, -, Thought to himself, " What nincoms
are we, To come so far, • With jolt and jar, Just for to go for to see the ..."
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