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nanty

nanty is the alternative spelling of nanti.

Meaning of nanti

Determiner

nanti

  1. (Polari) No; not any.
    • There was no clown for the pantomime, for he had disappointed us, and of course they couldn't get on without one; so, to keep the concern going, old Johnson, who know I was a good tumbler, came up to me, and said 'he had nanti vampo, and your nabs must fake it;' which means,—We have no clown, and...1851, Henry Mayhew, “Our Street Folk”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 3, published 1861, The Canvas Clown, page 126

Phrases with nanty

Questions about nanty

What is nanty the alternative spelling of?
Nanty is the alternative spelling of nanti.

Words near nanty in the dictionary

  1. Nantucket sleighrides
  2. Nantucketer
  3. Nantucketers
  4. Nantung
  5. Nantwich
  6. nanty
  7. Nanty Glo
  8. Nantybwch
  9. Nantyffyllon
  10. Nantyglo
  11. Nantyglo and Blaina

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