anny
English
editDeterminer
editanny
- Pronunciation spelling of any.
- 1813, Gregor Von Feinaigle, chapter 5, in The New Art of Memory[1], 2nd edition, page 121:
- However seeks dhe anallogy (or natural rule) ov anny tung, must dherfore find it at home; nor wil dhe seeker seek in vain.
- 1870, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again[2]:
- Ye can't get out o' this for anny less.
- 1897, Hamilton Kingsford, Vigornian Monologues: A Series of Papers in Illustration of the Dialect of Worcestershire[3], page 18:
- I wuz buckin’ i’ the brewus an’ I should n’t a knaowed ye wuz thur, anny moer’n th’ little gurl…
- 1916, Peggy Edmund, Harold W. Williams, compilers, Toaster's Handbook[4]:
- I kin lick anny man in the gang."
- 1916, Robert W. Service, Rhymes of a Red Cross Man[5]:
- […] And Missis Moriarty looked at him, and she didn't say anny more, But she wrapped her head in her ould black shawl, and she quietly wint away.
Middle English
editNoun
editanny
- Alternative form of anoy