| 释义 |
nignay, -nye Sc.
Also 9 -noy, -naw.
[Of obscure formation: cf. nick-nack.]
A trifle; a trifling, useless thing or proceeding.
a1689Cleland Poems (1697) 92 (Jam.), He was not for the French nignayes, But briskly to his brethern says [etc.]. 1730Ramsay Fables, Cats & Cheese 44 Poor Pousies now the daffin saw, Of gawn for nignyes to the law. 1788Picken Poems (1813) I. 124 (E.D.D.), Naething now fills the bole or pantry, But some nignye that crams the gentry. 1835Walker Rhymes 195 (E.D.D.), Numerous Nig-naws from New Zealand. 1880Antrim & Down Gloss. 73 Nignays, Nignoys, useless profitless doings. |