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/nɑt/ interjection C2
  1. Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. (slang) · Near-synonyms: I don't think; psych; bender (obsolete, UK)· I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney … not!
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The news of the arrival of the Pharaon had not yet reached the old man, who, mounted on a chair, was amusing himself by training with trembling hand the nasturtiums and sprays of clematis that clambered over the trellis at his window.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 12 · C1
“No, no, my dear Edmond—my boy—my son!—no; but I did not expect you; and joy, the surprise of seeing you so suddenly—Ah, I feel as if I were going to die.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 12 · C1
Spencer what made them red and she said she didn’t know and for pity’s sake not to ask her any more questions.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 19 · C1
“How could that bring me into trouble, sir?” asked Dantès; “for I did not even know of what I was the bearer; and the emperor merely made such inquiries as he would of the first comer.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 7 · C1

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