nick or nothing

A form of neck or nothing — at all costs.

Meanings

adverbnick or nothing (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of neck or nothing

    “So here goes; but play me fair now. Here’s nick or nothin’!” cried Jack.

    1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 530
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