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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

'Nothin' doin'

-"The boodle. The reward. The 500 pounds. The gunner turned damned nasty at the last, and I had to square him with an extra hundred dollars or it would have been nitsky for you and me. 'Nothin' doin'!' says he, and he meant it, too, but the last hundred did it. It's cost me two hundred pound from first to last, so it isn't likely I'd give it up without gettin' my wad."

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1. NITSKY should be a concocted word; does it mean otherwise you and I would have been put in an difficult position?

2. Does NOTHING DOING mean I refuse?

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OttoJ 2. Does NOTHING DOING mean I refuse? Right.

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  • OttoJ 2.
  • Does NOTHING DOING mean I refuse?
  • Right.
  • He rejects the offer in the bargaining.
  • __________ "nitsky" is more of a problem.
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OttoJ2. Does NOTHING DOING mean I refuse?
Right. He rejects the offer in the bargaining.
__________

"nitsky" is more of a problem. It might mean "nothing" or it might mean "death". It's something undesirable in any case.
__________

It's interesting that this passage mixes British and American currency. Both pounds an
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