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noes
negative votes
Not to be confused with:nose – part of the face that contains nostrils and the organs of smell, used for breathing; prow of a ship; forward end of an aircraft; a perceptive faculty:
a nose for news Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree
noes
(nōz)American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
References in classic literature
I see plainly how many firm acts have been done; how many valiant
noes have this day been spoken, when others would have uttered ruinous yeas.
When the speaking was done, the ayes and
noes were ranged on opposite sides, and every male adult voted in his turn.
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