His outraged virtue vested itself in one more sentence; "Purty blamed nervy, by granny-to go 'n' shut the door right in m' face!"
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
Yes, it was a nervy thing to do, and there are bigger boys in the Academy who would not have done it.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
He was a tall, nervy man, but I was not afraid of him; for I am thick and stout.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe