name not a rope in his house who hanged himself
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name of the game
The main objective or most important aspect of a situation
name one's poison
choose one's preferred drink
names and faces
People's identities and appearances
nammow
A woman; DELO NAMMOW, an old woman.
nammus
Or NAMOUS, to be off, to get away; "let’s NAMMUS, somebody’s coming." See VAMOS.
nani
what
nannan
grandmother
nanny shop
A brothel.
nanny-shop
A disreputable house.
nantee
Not any, or "I have none." NANTEE also means "shut up!" or "leave off!" Italian, NIENTE, nothing. See DINARLY.—Lingua Franca.
nantee palaver
No conversation, i.e., hold your tongue. Very often in this sense also shortened to NANTEE only. Originally Lingua Franca, but now general.
nantucket sleigh ride
a wild or exciting experience
nanu-nanu
hello
nap
Or NAB, to take, steal, or receive; "you’ll NAP it," i.e., you will catch a beating.—North; also Old Cant.
nap nix
A person who works at his trade, and occasionally goes on the stage to act minor parts without receiving any pay. The derivation is obvious. See NAP and NIX, i.e., NICHTS.
nap one’s bib
To cry, shed tears, or carry one’s point.
nap the teaze
To be privately whipped in prison.
nape
Napalm.
napier's bones
See NAPIER. One end is sure to be bone. It won't come up to expectation. "All is not gold that glitters.
Napoleon and Napoleon III
It was badly damaged during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, and on the fall of the Empire was demolished by the Communards in 1871.
Napoleon at Waterloo
His son Lionel (1808- 79) was best known by his work for Jewish emancipation. Lionel's son Nathaniel Meyer (1840-1915) was made a baron in 1885. Through the network of their continental con- nexions the Rothschilds have exerted great in- fluence in many directions.
Napoleon Bonaparte
For all his many glaring faults and ambitions, Napoleon was one of the greatest men modern civilization has produced.
Napoleon III
It is said to be the name of the workman whose clothes he wore when he contrived to escape from the fortress of Ham, in 1846.
Napoleonic Wars
It resulted in the French being driven from the Peninsula.
napoo
Finished, dead, no more, gone; non-existent.
napper
The head.
napper
The head; also a cheat or thief.
napper of naps
A sheep stealer. CANT.
napping
To take any one napping; i.e. to come upon him unexpectedly, to find him asleep: as, He caught him napping, as Morse caught his mare.
Nappy Ale
Strong ale has been so called for many centuries, probably because it contains a nap or frothy head.
nard
A testicle.
narishkeit
foolishness
nark
A person in the pay of the police; a common informer; one who gets his living by laying traps for publicans, &c. Sometimes called a "nose."
narrow
Mean, sordid.—Scotch. In common slang, dull of comprehension, as distinguished from wide awake.
narrow down
To reduce a list of options to a smaller, more manageable set
Narrowdale Noon
To defer a matter till Narrowdale noon is to defer it indefinitely. Narrowdale is the local name for the narrowest part of Dovedale, Derbyshire, in which dwell a few cotters, who never see the sun all the winter, and when its beams first pierce the dale in the spring it is only for a few minutes in the afternoon.
nasty
Ill-tempered, cross-grained. "He was very NASTY," i.e., he was ill-humoured.
nasty, brutish, and short
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
nastyass
disgusting, gross
nation
An abbreviation of damnation: a vulgar term used in Kent, Sussex, and the adjacent counties, for very. Nation good; very good. A nation long way; a very long way.
nation
Or TARNATION, very, or exceedingly. Corruption of damnation.
National Anthem
It is said by some that both the words and music of "God save the Queen," the British national anthem, were composed by Dr. John Bull (d. 1628), organist at Antwerp cathedral 1617-28, where the original MS. is still preserved.
National Colours
(See COLOURS.) National Convention, The assembly of deputies which assumed the government of France on the overthrow of the throne in 1792. It succeeded the National Assembly (cp. CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY).
National Convention met
Their leaders were Danton and Robespierre, Marat, St. Andre, Legendre, Camille Desmoulins, Caraot, St. Just, and Collot d'Herbois, the men who introduced the "Reign of Terror." Extreme Radicals in France are still called Monfag- nards.
National Debt
Money borrowed by a Government, on the security of the taxes, which are pledged to the lenders for the pay- ment of interest.
National Guard
Military forces raised in each State but partly trained, equipped and quartered by the U.S.A. Federal government. When called up by the President these forces become an integral part of the armed forces.
native soil
One's home country or region
natty
Knotty.
natty
Pretty, neat, tidy.—Old.
natty lads
Young thieves or pickpockets. CANT.
natural
A mistress, a child; also an idiot. A natural son or daughter; a love or merry-begotten child, a bastard.
natural
An idiot, a simpleton. Sometimes HALF-NATURAL.
natural folly is bad enough, but learned folly is intolerable
Ignorance is bad, but foolishness from those who should know better is worse
natural liberty
Unrestricted freedom to exercise all natural functions m their proper places; the state of being subject only to the laws of nature.
Natural Philosophy
See EXPERIMENTAL. Naught, Nought These are merely variants of the same word, naught representing A.S. na whil and nought, no whit. In most senses they are interchangeable; but nowadays naught is the more common form, except for the name of the cipher, which is usually nought.
nature abhors a vacuum
Empty spaces or situations will be filled
nature abhors a vacuum
Galileo's way of accounting for the rise of water in pumps. See TORRICELLI.
nature calls
To feel the need to urinate or defecate
nature does not do anything in vain
Everything in nature has a purpose