noplace

[noh-pleys]

adverb

1. nowhere.

Spelling Note

See anyplace.

Word History and Origins

Origin of noplace¹

First recorded in 1925–30; no ² + place

Example Sentences

They had noplace else to go; that's why they were living in the ruins among the detritus of war.

From Salon

You got noplace by running from them.

From The New Yorker

As Maniac considered what to say, the urchins peeped from behind him: “We wasn’t noplace, John. We was right here. With this here kid. And he ain’t no cop neither. We checked him out.”

From Literature

“It’s an ugly, windswept noplace for 90% of the year.”

From Washington Post

Only after he was starving and sleeping in flophouses did he tell them, “I’ve got no money and noplace to go,” and they were angry with him.

From Literature

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