nignay

plural nignays · alternative nigg-nye · alternative nig-naye

1. IrelandScotlandSomething trivial or worthless.First known use 17th c.

   He had a lot o' curious auld nig-nayes.

   1884, James Nicholson, Willie Waugh

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   And if you were only to see the sums which those thoughtless young lads, who have ten times more money than wit to guide it, throw away on useless nigg-nyes, while thousands around them are pinched for the necessaries of life, it would make the very hair of your head, my dear Archy, stand up like the locks of Medusa.

   1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 270