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Definition of Nothings

1. Noun. Inconsequential conversation. "They traded a few nothings as they parted"

Definition of Nothings

1. Noun. (plural of nothing) ¹

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Definition of Nothings

1. nothing [n] - See also: nothing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nothings

Literary usage of Nothings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin and Progress of the American Party in Politics: Embracing a by John Hancock Lee (1855)
"It was made the pretext for a union of know- nothings and abolitionists in a ... Without such a combination, either the know-nothings or abolitionists, ..."

2. The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Minister of the Twenty-eighth by Theodore Parker, Frances Power Cobbe (1872)
"They are all do-nothings. They spend much money, but not in works of humanity, ... They never read nor sing; they are know-nothings, and only walk in a vain ..."

3. The Life of Father de Smet, S.J. (1801-1873) by E. Laveille (1915)
"LOUIS THE "KNOW-nothings"— ... Kossuth, Lola Montez—The "Know-nothings"—Attack upon Archbishop Bedini—"There is No Other Country in the World where Honest ..."

4. Memoirs of Gustave Koerner, 1809-1896: Life-sketches Written at the by Gustav Philipp Körner (1909)
"INFLUENCE OF THE KNOW nothings The battle became complicated by the existence ... Hence their popular name of '' Know nothings.'' The American people have a ..."

5. Political Nativism in New York State by Louis Dow Scisco (1901)
"At the same time there was a possible coalition of Hard-Shells and Know-nothings to be looked for. Rumor was persistent in referring to this possibility.1 ..."

6. Political Nativism in New York State by Louis Dow Scisco (1901)
"At the same time there was a possible coalition of Hard-Shells and Know-nothings to be looked for. Rumor was persistent in referring to this possibility.1 ..."

7. Old Time Notes of Pennsylvania: A Connected and Chronological Record of the by Alexander Kelly McClure (1905)
"... or Order of the Star Spangled Banner"— Judge Conrad Elected Mayor by the Know nothings—His Brilliant Literary Work—His Desperate Struggle to get a ..."

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