¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Netop
1. friend; companion [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Netop
Literary usage of Netop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beginners' Book in Norse by Johan Andreas Holvik (1910)
""Den største gaard i prestegjeldet; det er netop ulykken; for stor sko falder av;
... "netop, ja; du skulde faa gaarden." "Skulde jeg faa gaarden? ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... which adopted as its motto ' What cheare, netop ' (the traditional hail given
by the friendly Indians to Williams Irom the banks of the ..."
3. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1838)
"netop in the Indian language, signifies friend. I returned their salutation and
passed on, not without observing that there is a vein of civility ..."
4. The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles: Ed. Under the Authority of the by Ezra Stiles (1901)
"... netop ? what news you speak to me ? Mussy good news : what ? you no ... netop ?
How do y" do, Friend ? ..."
5. History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations by Samuel Greene Arnold (1859)
"... Williams gave the name of Providence. There is a singular confusion among the
writers as to ' How are you, friend ? " What cheer, netop, is the general ..."
6. Thirteen Historical Discourses, on the Completion of Two Hundred Years, from by Leonard Bacon (1839)
"... and asked her " where her netop was, for he so big loved her netop ;" and that
this fawning of his was such as awakened instantly the woman's suspicion, ..."
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