Worthless.
1853. Yes, Massa, dern no ’count calves done fool me agin.—S. A. Hammett (‘Philip Paxton’), ‘A Stray Yankee in Texas,’ p. 282.
1866. It was a long, one-storied, log building, consisting of a parlor, dining-room, bedroom and two small “no-’count” rooms, as the servants said, all opening into one another and upon the porch.—Mrs. Custer, ‘Tenting on the Plains,’ p. 226 (1888).
1881. Mitchell, of Oregon, is another of the “no-account” men.—Philadelphia Record, Feb. 8.
1888. Did I come way off down in this here no ’count country to wash white counterpanes for dogs?—Mrs. Custer, ‘Tenting on the Plains,’ p. 255.
1896. The whole town ’s excited over a nice man like Mr. Nesley a-throwin’ hisself away on a no-account woman like her, an’ you sha’n’t be seen a-goin’ there an’ upholdin’ her.—Ella Higginson, ‘Tales from Puget Sound,’ p. 71.
