Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any sudden or unexpected event or turn; a dilemma.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening.
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Examples
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Granville was raising his fine brows in a why-not fashion.
Watershed 2010
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Nonetheless, when it's all over, I want to bite the apple and become an American again, and help create the why-not part, as an investor in private space travel.
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But it's definitely an occasional why-not, rather than any kind of need or inherent sexual orientation.
Archive 2008-11-01 juliette 2008
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But it's definitely an occasional why-not, rather than any kind of need or inherent sexual orientation.
Dom and Dommer juliette 2008
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With a why-not attitude, Caring and his father decided to send one of their employees to scope out the scene for a few days.
From Mayfair to Dubai Peretz, Evgenia 2008
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So I haven't got much choice but to pretend it's one of many vague kinky why-not interests.
Don't Mention The Whore juliette 2008
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Ms. Cullen, who works in real estate and lives in Park Slope, was thrilled when her why-not purchase all of a sudden showed up at all the non-discount stores.
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So I haven't got much choice but to pretend it's one of many vague kinky why-not interests.
Archive 2008-12-01 juliette 2008
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The ideas we're most struck by will form the basis of future works of why-not here journalism.
Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2007
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Granville was raising his fine brows in a why-not fashion.
Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999
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