nignays

Noun

nignay (plural nignays)

1. (Ireland, Scotland) Something trivial or worthless.
   • 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...1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 270