NASH

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• NASH (noun)
  The noun NASH has 1 sense:

1. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)

  Familiarity information: NASH used as a noun is very rare.

• NASH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Nash; Ogden Nash

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

 Context examples 

There are the yellow curtains that Miss Nash admires so much.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Miss Nash has put down all the texts he has ever preached from since he came to Highbury.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Miss Nash thinks either of the Coxes would be very glad to marry him.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Miss Nash had been telling her something, which she repeated immediately with great delight.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I dare say Miss Nash would envy you such an opportunity as this of being married.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I am sure Miss Nash would—for Miss Nash thinks her own sister very well married, and it is only a linen-draper.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Mrs. Goddard had dressed it on a Sunday, and asked all the three teachers, Miss Nash, and Miss Prince, and Miss Richardson, to sup with her.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The two Abbots and I ran into the front room and peeped through the blind when we heard he was going by, and Miss Nash came and scolded us away, and staid to look through herself; however, she called me back presently, and let me look too, which was very good-natured.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Perry had been to Mrs. Goddard's to attend a sick child, and Miss Nash had seen him, and he had told Miss Nash, that as he was coming back yesterday from Clayton Park, he had met Mr. Elton, and found to his great surprize, that Mr. Elton was actually on his road to London, and not meaning to return till the morrow, though it was the whist-club night, which he had been never known to miss before; and Mr. Perry had remonstrated with him about it, and told him how shabby it was in him, their best player, to absent himself, and tried very much to persuade him to put off his journey only one day; but it would not do; Mr. Elton had been determined to go on, and had said in a very particular way indeed, that he was going on business which he would not put off for any inducement in the world; and something about a very enviable commission, and being the bearer of something exceedingly precious.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Miss Nash, head-teacher at Mrs. Goddard's, had written out at least three hundred; and Harriet, who had taken the first hint of it from her, hoped, with Miss Woodhouse's help, to get a great many more.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)