nuff ced phr.
(orig. US) enough said, it is possible to infer all the facts from what has already been stated.
Glance at N.Y. II ii: Nuff ced – I’m there. | ||
Flash (N.Y.) 1:4 10 July 1/2–3: They both sat down upon the ground and raised the umbrella, so as to conceal themselves from the gaze of those who passed above, and then they — ah! — oh! — hem! — nuf ced. | ||
Pickings from N.O. Picayune 49: ’Nuff sed. | ||
Life and Recollections of Yankee Hill 38: ‘Captain, there be the jug.’ ‘Ah,’ said the Captain, ‘are that the jug?’ ‘It are,’ was the reply. ‘Nuff ced,’ exclaimed the Captain, ‘and now let us liquor.’. | ||
Biglow Papers 2nd series (1880) 112: ’Nuf sed, June’s bridesman, poet o’ the year. | ||
Box And Cox in Darkey Drama 6 9: Nuff ced – gib us yer claw. | ||
Eli Perkins 57: Nuf sed, young woman. | ||
Sydney Sl. Dict. (2 edn) 6: N.C., ‘Nuff Ced ‘ - Enough said. Thea[trical]. origin. | ||
N.Z. Observer and Free Lance (Auckland) 20 Mar. 23/4: What were the young men doing in the Billiard froom so late [...] Nuff sed. . . | ||
Young Explorers 151: ‘Nuff ced,’ says Bill, ‘you jess take care of your own har, and I’ll see arter mine.’. | ||
Truth (Sydney) 5 May 4/7: ‘Nuff sed!’ replied the lady. | ||
Marvel 21 Dec. 15: Nuff sed. | ||
Sporting Times 17 Mar. 1/4: ’Nuff said—sling your hook. | ||
Sydney Sportsman (Surry Hills, NSW) 10 Oct. 1/1: Nuf ced for the present. | ||
Sorrows of a Show Girl Ch. i: It was a college town and the show was on the blink. ’Nough said. | ||
Valley of the Moon (1914) 63: ‘Nuff said,’ was Billy’s remark. | ||
Sport (Adelaide) 24 Apr. 3/3: They Say [...] That Fat L said he would be the best umpire in the ’Burg [...] Nuff sed. | ||
Mentor (Mass. State Prison) XVIII 361: Nuf ced. McDonald. | ||
🌐 In the evening we went to see ‘Goldman’s Ltd’ at the Theatre Royal. This is supposed to be the best show here. All I say is heaven help the worst. ‘Nuf sed.’. | diary 12 May||
Four Jolly Jassers [concert programme notes] A real Creole Jazz band from the Land of Jazz, New Orleans — Nuff Sed. | ||
Hustling Hobo 186: That is all. Nuff said. | ||
Really the Blues 214: I know of one very bad thing that tea can do to you – it can put you in jail. ’Nuff said. | ||
From Here to Eternity (1998) 265: ‘Nuff said,’ Stark said. | ||
Till Death Us Do Part 122: All right. Nuff said. | ||
Hooky Gear 148: Nuff said, as they say, nuff said. |