'n
/n/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.15 in modern English
1
Scrabble Score
1
Letters
1
Syllables
1
Unique Chars
Meaning
conj
Nonstandard spelling of 'n'.
conj
Contraction of than.
Example Sentences
- "fish 'n chips"
- "rock 'n roll"
- "“Might think we was brother 'n sister, to hear ye, Ma! Damn me to glory, don't ye know thar's fust cousins marryin' every week? And no harm come of it.” […] “Oh, son, not in the face of Pa 'n me that love you, whatever you think! We're only tryin' to figger for your own good.”"
- "The feller took the box again, and took another long, particular look, and give it back to Smiley, and says, very deliberate, "Well, I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's any better'n any other frog.""
- "She says you may laugh 'f you feel so inclined, but there ain't no such big difference between your leg 'n' a dead rat but what it 'll pay you to mark her words. She says 'f it don't do no more 'n eat the skin off it 'll still be pretty hard for you to lay there without no skin 'n' feel the plaster goin' in more 'n' more."
- "lock this room up tighter 'n a peanut butter jar at a squirrel convention"
Etymology
Contraction of and.