why-not

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English

Noun

why-not

  1. (obsolete) A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening.
    • Hudibras
      When the church / Was taken with a why-not in the lurch.
    • Harington
      This game […] was like to have been lost with a why-not.
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