i.e. in an irregular manner. “He did it any-how,” in a careless, slovenly manner. “He went on any-how,” in a wild, reckless manner. Any how, you must manage it for me; by hook or crook; at all events. (Old English, œnig-hú.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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