Lexicographical Neighbors of Nincum
Literary usage of Nincum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-ton by John Badcock (1823)
"nincum is a contraction of no income, ie not enough, or poverty. nincum-poop, a
term of derision, applied by a young lass to her lover, who presses not his ..."
2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1893)
"... nincum- poop," " Democratic executioner," " three execrable aristocrats,"
and " hell-hot" are among the pithy terms which Duane applies to the clerks he ..."
3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1893)
"... nincum- poop," " Democratic executioner," " three execrable aristocrats,"
and " hell-hot" are among the pithy terms which Duane applies to the clerks he ..."
4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"I. A worthless creature, a weakling, a nincum- POOP (qv) ; (2) the posteriors :
see STERN and verb, sense 3 ; and (3) the face (cf. SHAKSPEARE, I Henry IV., ..."
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