but me no buts
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
Example Sentences
- "Sir Fran. But me no Buts Be gone, Sir: Dare to ask me for Money agen Refuse Forty Thousand Pound! Out of my Doors, I say, without reply."
- "VVor[thy]. But Sir— / Pol[itick]. But me no buts—vvhat can be the Reaſon of all this vvarlike Preparation, vvhich all our Nevvs-papers have informed us of."
- "“I heartily wish I could, but”–– / “Nay, but me no buts—I have set my heart upon it.” / “I am greatly obliged, my dear sir, but”––"
- "Nay, but me no buts, offer me no objections."
- ""No," said Yapp. "But—" ¶"But me no buts, sir. We can take it that the act of adultery is established."
- "Jim Hacker: But me no buts, Bernard. Shakespeare. / Bernard Woolley: Oh no, Prime Minister. ‘But me no buts’ is circa 1820. Mrs Centlivre used the phrase in 1708, but actually it was Scott’s employment of it in ‘The Antiquary’ in 1816 which made it fashionable."
Etymology
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