noo

(nəʊ)

(Theatre) another name for Noh

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Whar' do ye think, noo, I'll set the places for you and your leddy there?"

"Noo aboot the dinner o' they twa turtle-doves in the parlor?" he continued, directing his attention to the dinner tray.

"I wasna in the way when ye cam' here, or I suld ha' made bauld to ask ye the question which I maun e'en ask noo. Am I to understand that ye hire these rooms for yersel', and this leddy here--yer wife?"

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"Th'ave coom to the noo groups, my lady, crowds of 'em.

"There's goin' to be a proceyshon through the noo groups," he replied, "an' the master can't stop 'em.

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Where from (we mistrust it's Noo York), an' where baound (we mistrust it's Europe)?

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A noo boarder and lodger, sir, and looking fit and taut as a fiddle; slep' like a supercargo, he did, right alongside of John--stem to stem we was, all night."

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There'll be a bit got hin, if we've good luck.' And he says, 'Eh, ye may be raight, there's noo tallin',' he says, and I knowed by that"--here Mr.

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Let'em goa noo. Dang 'em, they'll gang whoam fast eneaf!'

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"Noo petaters, and English at that; we'll be having 'em in March if things go on as they do go.

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You ho me a milk and butter bill of two 'undred pound, you must 'ave noo laid heggs for your homlets, and cream for your spanil dog."

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The deeth rate then'll be doon te nowt A hundred years fra noo!

A 100 years from now

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