numbnut
Stupid.
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numms
A sham collar, to be worn over a dirty shirt.
nummy
Delicious.
Nunawadding Messiah
This was Andrew Fisher, of Nunawadding, Victoria, Australia, who declared himself to be the Messiah, m 1871. His hundred followers were polygamous, he himself having three wives.
nunc dimittis
The Song of Simeon (Luke ii, 29), "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace," so called from the opening words of the Latin version, Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Do mine.
nunky pays for ail
The American Govern- ment (see SAM) has to "stand the racket.
nunu
Urine.
nuptial dances
A Roman pantomimic performance resembling the dances of our Harlequin and Columbine.
nuremberg defense
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Nuremberg Eggs
Watches, which were invented at Nuremberg about 1500, and were egg-shaped.
nurse
A curious term applied to competition in omnibuses. Two omnibuses are placed on the road to NURSE, or take care of, each opposition "bus," one before, the other behind. Of course the central or NURSED bus has very little chance, unless it happens to be a favourite with the public. Recent legislation and tramways have done much to do away with NURSING. NURSE also means to cheat or swindle; trustees are sometimes said to NURSE property, i.e., gradually eat it up themselves.
nursery cannons
In billiards, a series of cannons played so that the balls move as little as possible.
nursery slopes
Easy hillsides on which beginners learn to ski.
nut
The head.
nut
The head, in pugilistic slang. Used as an exclamation at a fight, it means to strike on the head. In tossing it is a direction to hide the head; to be "off one’s NUT," to be crazed or idiotic.
nut-cut
Roguish, mischievous. A good-natured term of reproach.—Anglo-Indian.
nut-cutting time
time to make a decision or take action
Nutcrack Night
All Hallows' Eve, when it is customary in some places to crack nuts in large quantities.
nutcrackers
The pillory: as, The cull peeped through the nutcrackers.
Nutmeg State
The nickname of Connecticut. The story is that the inhabitants at one time manufactured wooden nutmegs for export.
nuts
It was nuts for them; i.e. it was very agreeable to them.
nuts
To be NUTS on anything or person is to be pleased with or fond of it or him; a self-satisfied man is said to be NUTS on himself. NUTTED, taken in by a man who professed to be NUTS on you.
nuts and bolts
Basic components or practical details
nuts to butts
packed tightly together
nux
The "plant," or object in view. "Stoll up to the NUX?" "Do you fully comprehend what is wanted?"—North Country Cant.
nymphs of the mountains
(Gr. oros, a moun- tain ) The Ocean-nymphs and Hamadryades, Oreads and Naiads, with long weedy locks, Offered to do her bidding through the seas, Under the earth, and in the hollow rocks.
nyp shop
The Peacock in Gray's Inn Lane, where Burton ale is sold in nyps.