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nags¹ | Nag : A horse, especially an old or feeble one. [OED]
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Naiads¹ | Fresh water nymphs [OED]
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Nailer¹ | Nailer: A maker of iron nails.
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narrow¹ | Of a person, intellect, etc.: restricted or rigid in views; narrow-minded, intolerant, prejudiced [OED]
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national debt¹ | Debt owing by a sovereign state to private individuals who have advanced money to it for the public needs [OED]
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National_Debt¹ | Debt owing by a sovereign state to private individuals who have advanced money to it for the public needs [OED] |
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nation¹ | Very, extremely. [OED]
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Navigator(1) | A manual labourer working on a the construction of a canal (inland navigation) and later, by extension, one working as a manual labourer on the railway, roads, or other civil engineering project
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Navvy(1) | Navigator: Manual labourer especially those working on canal, railway and road building
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neck an' crop(1) | Bodily; totally; altogether [OED]
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neptune¹ | The Roman god of the sea [CPB]
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New Providence |
An island in the Bahamas
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New_Police¹ | New Police: The police force established for London by the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 and from 1835 onwards for individual boroughs and counties. They replaced the local watchmen and contables.
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Nipper |
Originally: a boy who assists a costermonger, carter, etc. Later (more generally): the most junior member of a group of workmen, esp. one employed in menial tasks
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nip¹ | A small quantity of spirits, usually less than a glass; a small measure or sip of any (usually strong) drink, especially. one taken hurriedly or surreptitiously. [OED]
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noan(1) | No one [A Glossary of Lancashire Dialect http://www.dunkerley-tuson.co.uk/Pages/LancashireDialectGlossary.aspx]
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nob(1) | Head
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nobby¹ | Relating to or characteristic of people of some wealth or social distinction; very smart or elegant, fashionable[OED] and by extension, things of high quality [CPB]
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nobs(1) | nob: A person of some wealth or social distinction [OED]
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