Know-nothing

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• know-nothing

  Utterly ignorant. Ex. 'A poor know-nothing creature, i. e. one exceedingly ignorant.--Norfolk Glossa...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Nothing

  ·noun A cipher; naught. II. Nothing ·adv In no degree; not at all; in no wise. III. Nothing ·noun ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Know

  ·noun <<Knee>>. II. Know ·vi To have sexual commerce with. III. Know ·vi To be assured; to feel co...

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• Do-nothing

  ·adj Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy. ...

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• nothing off!

  A term used by the man at the conn to the steersman, directing him to keep her close to the wind; or...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Know-all

  ·noun One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; — u...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Know-nothingism

  ·noun The doctrines, principles, or practices, of the Know-nothings. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• copt-know

  the top of a conical hill, from COPT, ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• dance upon nothing

  To be hanged. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• nothing to nobody

  Nobody's business. This singular expression is common in the language of the illiterate in some part...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to know b from a

  bull's foot. It is a common phrase to say, "He does not know B from a bull's foot," meaning that a p...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• i don't know as i shan't

  for I don't know but I shall. This uncouth expression, Mr. Hurd says, is very common in the eastern ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.