adv. (Lingua Franca).—Nor any; ‘I have none’; also ‘shut up!’ or ‘leave off!’ NANTEE PALAVER = hold your tongue! NANTY DINARLY = no money; NANTY PARNARLY = be careful! [Ital. niente = nothing.]
1851–61. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, iii., 136. He had NANTI VAMPO, and your NABS must FAKE it; which means,—we have no clown, and you must do it.
