no time
Not having enough time to do something
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no two ways about it
Something is certain or undeniable
no way
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
no ways
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
No-Dopery Riots
Those of Edinburgh and Glasgow, February 5th, 1779, and those of London instigated by Lord George Gordon, of 1780. A stirring account of these is given in Dickens' s Barnaby Rudge.
no-fly
Artful, designing. Term much used among printers, who shorten it to "N.F."
no-good ass
A worthless or untrustworthy person
no-hit wonder
A person or band with one successful creation
noah's
A nark.
noah's ark
A shark.
Noah's Ark
A name given by sailors to a white band of cloud spanning the sky like a rainbow and in shape something like the hull- of a ship. If east and west expect dry weather, if north and south expect wet.
Noah's Wife
According to legend she was unwilling to go into the ark and the quarrel between the patriarch and his wife forms a prominent feature of Noahs Flood, m the Chester and Townley Mysteries.
nob
A king. A man of rank.
nob
The head.—Pugilistic; "bob a NOB," a shilling a head. Ancient Cant, NEB. NOB is an early English word, and is used in the romance of Kynge Alinaunder (thirteenth century) for a head; originally, no doubt, the same as knob.
nobba
Nine. Italian, NOVE; Spanish, NOVA,—the b and v being interchangeable, as in sabe and savvey. Slang introduced by the "organ-grinders" from Italy.
nobba saltee
Ninepence. Lingua Franca, NOVE SOLDI.
nobbing
Collecting money; "what NOBBINGS?" i.e., how much have you got or collected from the crowd? This term is much used by "buskers."
nobbing cheat
The gallows.—Old Cant.
nobble
To injure or obstruct intentionally.
nobble
To cheat, to overreach; to discover. In the racing world, to "NOBBLE" a horse, is to "get at," and lame or poison him.
nobbler
A blow on the NOB, a finishing stroke; "that’s a NOBBLER for him," i.e., a settler.—Pugilistic.
nobbling
Very cold
nobby
Or NOBBISH, fine or showy; NOBBILY, showily. See SNOB for derivation.
Nobel Prizes
Prizes established by the will of Alfred Bernard Nobel (1833-96), the Swedish chemist and inventor of dynamite, etc., . to encourage work in the cause of humanity. There are five prizes given annually, each of about £7,000, as follows: (1) for the most noteworthy work in physics, (2) m chemistry, (3) in medicine or physiology, (4) m idealistic literature, and (5) in the furtherance of uni- versal peace. W. C. Rontgen, Mine. Curie, A.
Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be. (Jane Austen)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
nock
The breech; from NOCK, a notch.
nockies
Binoculars.
nocky boy
A dull simple fellow.
nod
He is gone to the land of nod; he is asleep.
nod off
fall asleep unintentionally
nod out
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
nodding acquaintance
A slight familiarity or recognition of someone
noddy
A simpleton or fool. Also a kind of low cart, with a seat before it for the driver, used in and about Dublin, in the manner of a hackney coach: the fare is just half that of a coach, for the same distance; so that for sixpence one may have a set down, as it is called, of a mile and half, and frequently a tumble down into the bargain: it is called a noddy from the nutation of its head. Knave noddy; the old-fashioned name for the knave of trumps.
noggin
The head.
noice
Nice.
noisy dog racket
Stealing brass knockers from doors.
nokes
A ninny, or fool. John-a-Nokes and Tom-a-Stiles; two honest peaceable gentlemen, repeatedly set together by the ears by lawyers of different denominations: two fictitious names formerly used in law proceedings, but now very seldom, having for several years past been supplanted by two other honest peaceable gentlemen, namely, John Doe and Richard Roe.
noli-me-tangere
The Scotch fiddle, or other contagious disease.
noll
Old Noll; Oliver Cromwell.
nom de plume
English-French for "pen name," or pseudonym, the name assumed by a writer, cartoonist, etc., who does not choose to give his own to the public; as Currer Bell (Charlotte Bronte), Fiona McLeod (William Sharp), Henry Seton Merriman (Hugh Stowell Scott), etc. Occasionally, as in the case of Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) and De Stendhal (Mane Henri Beyle), the assumed name quite replaces the true name.
non est
A contraction of Lat. non est inventus (not to be found). They are the words which the sheriff writes on a writ when the defendant is not to be found in his bailiwick.
non-com
A non-commissioned officer in the army.
non-con
A nonconformist, presbyterian, or any other dissenter.
non-denial denial
A statement that avoids confirming or denying something
none but the brave deserve the fair
Only courageous people deserve love or reward.
none of someone's business
Not someone's concern or responsibility
none of your cheek
None of your in- solence. We say a man is very cheeky, meaning that he is saucy and presumptuous.
none other than
no less a person than
none the wiser
not knowing any more than before
none-such
One that is unequalled: frequently applied ironically.
nong
An idiot.
nonsense
Melting butter in a wig.
noods
Noodles.
nook and cranny
Every part.
nook or cranny
every possible place
noonie
The vulva.
nooning
An interval for rest and refreshment, taken at midday by travellers in hot countries.
nope
A blow: as, I took him a nope on the costard.
Norbertme Order
An order of Augustinians founded by St. Norbert in 1120 in the diocese of Laon, France. A spot was pointed out to him in a vision, and he termed the spot Pre Montre or Pratum Monstraturn (the meadow pointed out). The order possessed thirty-five monasteries in England — where they were known as the White Canons of the rule of St. Augustine — at the time of the Dissolution.
norfolk dumpling
A nick name, or term of jocular reproach to a Norfolk man; dumplings being a favourite food in that county.
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