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nothings

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n.1.inconsequential conversation; as, they traded a few nothings as they parted.
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Noun1.nothings - inconsequential conversation; "they traded a few nothings as they parted"
conversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
honeyed words, sweet nothings - inconsequential expressions of affection; "he whispered sweet nothings into her ear"
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In pompous nothings on his side, and civil assents on that of his cousins, their time passed till they entered Meryton.
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Yet more than worthy of the love My spirit struggled with, and strove, When, on the mountain peak, alone, Ambition lent it a new tone - I had no being - but in thee: The world, and all it did contain In the earth - the air - the sea - Its joy - its little lot of pain That was new pleasure -- the ideal, Dim, vanities of dreams by night - And dimmer nothings which were real -(Shadows - and a more shadowy light
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