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neither hide nor hair neither hide nor hairNo trace or evidence of someone or something. I don't know where Mike went. I've seen neither hide nor hair of him all day.See also: hair, hide, neither, nor*(neither) hide nor hairCliché no sign or indication of someone or something. (*Typically: find ~; see ~.) We could find neither hide nor hair of him. I don't know where he is. There has been no one here. We found neither hide nor hair.See also: hair, hide, norhide nor hair, neitherAlso, hide or hair. No trace of something lost or missing. For example, I haven't seen hide nor hair of the children. This expression alludes to the entire outer coat of an animal. [Mid-1800s] See also: hide, neither, norneither hide nor hair of someone not the slightest trace of someone.See also: hair, hide, neither, nor, of, someone hide nor hair A trace; a vestige: haven't seen hide nor hair of them since the argument.See also: hair, hide, norneither hide nor hairNothing; no part of something. The term, which dates from Chaucer’s time, alludes to the fact that the outside of an animal is made up of hide and hair, which therefore constitute its entirety. The negative version, nearly always meaning that something or someone cannot be seen or found, became common in the mid-nineteenth century. “I haven’t seen hide nor hair of the piece,” wrote Josiah G. Holland (The Bay-Path, 1857).See also: hair, hide, neither, nor |